LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Size Notes:

panel: 19¼ by 26? in.; 48.9 by 67 cm.

Edition:

Antwerp circa 1590 - 1652 The Hague

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated lower left: Bassen / 1640

Condition:

framed: 26? by 34 in.; 68.3 by 86.4 cm. The panel is uncradled, stable, and beveled on all four edges, although only faintly along the reverse of the left edge. The painting reads well beneath a yellowed varnish, and the paint surface is stable. Many of the details throughout appear well preserved. There are some small, scattered spots of restoration somewhat visible to the naked eye, as they have slightly discolored, although these are not distracting. Some frame abrasion is visible at the edges, particularly along the upper edge. Inspection under UV reveals a thick, streaky varnish that fluoresces unevenly and impedes some inspection. UV does not reveal much recent restoration, except for one thin line of restoration near the upper edge, right of center. Offered in a decoratively carved giltwood frame.

Literature:

H. Jantzen, Das Niederländische Architekturbild, Leipzig 1910, p. 159, no. 66; J.G.C.A. Briels, Vlaamse schilders in de noordelijke Nederlanden: in het begin van den Gouden Eeuw, Antwerp 1987, p. 278, reproduced fig. 348; B.G. Maillet, Intérieurs d'églises 1580–1720. La peinture architecturale des écoles du nord, Brussels 2012, p. 205, cat. no. M-0164, reproduced.

Provenance:

With Alexis Scho?nlank, Berlin; His sale, Cologne, Lempertz, 28-29 April 1896, lot 135 (as Pieter Neeffs the Younger); With Alan Jacobs Gallery, London; From whom acquired, May 1984.