PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER | ST. GEORGE'S KERMIS WITH THE DANCE AROUND THE MAYPOLE

Property from an American Private Collection
PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER
Brussels 1564 - 1637/8 Antwerp
ST. GEORGE'S KERMIS WITH THE DANCE AROUND THE MAYPOLE

signed and dated lower left: P BREVGHEL.1627
oil on panel
21½ by 29⅞ in.; 54.6 by 75.7 cm.

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Condition Report:
The following condition report has been provided by Karen Thomas of Thomas Art Conservation LLC., 336 West 37th Street, Suite 830, New York, NY 10018, 212-564-4024, info@thomasartconservation.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.

This picture is in very good condition overall. The painting appears to have been recently cleaned and restored; the beautifully-executed restoration has been completed in a restrained manner. Thin lines of restoration follow the joins in the panel. Retouching has been applied to visually suppress the appearance of wood grain in the sky, a typical aging mechanism, as well as to compensate for a loss in the upper left corner. In the crowd of figures very little retouching exists and where it does, addresses only minor losses or scratches. The varnish is clear and even. A cradle is attached to the reverse of the panel; the panel is planar. This painting has no need of treatment and may be displayed in its current excellent state.

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Provenance:
Probably F.B. Greenstreet, London;

Acquired by an American private collector circa 1940, and thence by inheritance to the previous owner;

Anonymous sale ("Property of an American Collector"), New York, Sotheby's, 29 January 2009, lot 43;

There acquired by Richard Green Fine Paintings Ltd., London;

From whom acquired by the present collector in July 2009.