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Materials:

oil on panel

Size Notes:

panel: 29 by 23 1/2 in.; 73.7 by 59.7 cm.

Edition:

This beautiful rendering of the Holy Family within a richly detailed floral garland is a prime example of Flemish still-life painting, executed by Brueghel the Elder himself with workshop participation. Brueghel's son, Jan Brueghel the Younger, a highly accomplished master in the genre himself is the most likely collaborator on the still-life elements, along with a close student of Peter Paul Rubens who would have executed the central Holy Family. The work is a replica of a painting, similarly by Jan Brueghel the Elder and the Workshop of Rubens, today in the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.1 Both works are datable to circa 1620, prior to Jan Brueghel the Younger's trip to Italy, and they are nearly identical in composition and detail, particularly in the garland where the differences are almost imperceptible.

Description:

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Markings:

The panel is uncradled and stable, with a slight vertical convex bow. Bevelling is visible to all four edges. Overall the painting is in good condition, and the images reads well beneath a crisp varnish. There is good retention of color and detail in areas. There are no visible losses or instabilities to the surface. There is a very faint scratch in the upper right background, and there is some blanching visible to the center of the figures. Under UV: There is an area of restoration in the center background, below the figures. There are very small and scattered cosmetic spots of retouching in and around the floral garland, with only a very few scattered thin strokes of retouching in the figures. One spot of retouching in the upper left corner of the background. Painting can certainly hang in its present condition. Offered in a carved wooden frame.

Condition:

framed: 35 by 29 1/2 in.; 88.9 by 74.9 cm.