PIETER DE BLOOT

PIETER DE BLOOT
(1601 Rotterdam 1658)Passers-by in a landscape.Oil on panel.Monogrammed lower centre: PDB.35.5 × 63.3 cm.

Lot 6059 - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only

Provenance:
- Aristocratic collection, Vienna.
- Probably with Schulthess, Basel, circa 1935.
- Collection Dr. Marc Hodler, Bern.
- By inheritance to the son, Swiss private collection.
- Collection Dr. Arthur Weder, Basel.
- Swiss private collection, since 1995.
- By inheritance to the present owners.

With a written expert opinion by Gustav Glück, 1.5.1935.

This painting is registered in the RKD, The Hague, as an authentic work by Pieter de Bloot under no. 58056.

Oil on panel. Paint surface well preserved, with a fine network of craquelure and surface soiling in places. Slight colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light a few small areas of retouching visible on the figures, in the landscape and in the sky. Varnish fluoresces greenish.
Overall in good condition.
Frame: 56.8 × 84.4 cm.

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