LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Size Notes:

panel: 18½ by 15 in.; 47 by 38 cm.

Description:

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Condition:

framed: 27½ by 24? in.; 69.9 by 61.3 cm. The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, [email protected], an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. This work is on a panel made of three pieces of oak. There is one original join running vertically through the center immediately to the left of the ear, which shows no restorations or signs of movement. The other original join, which runs vertically through the background on the left, has cracked in the past. There are a few retouches visible under ultraviolet light to the join on the left. There is one spot of retouching on the bridge of the nose which is slightly discolored. Weakness in the dark colors of the hair and beard may have old retouches that are not visible under ultraviolet light. If the varnish were freshened slightly, it could be hung in its current condition.

Literature:

W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt Schüler, Landau/Pfalz 1994, vol. VI, p. 3727, no. 2358a, reproduced p. 3968 (as a reduced copy); B. Schnackenburg, Jan Lievens, friend and rival of the young Rembrandt, Petersberg 2016, pp. 40, 165, cat. no. 6, reproduced in color.

Provenance:

Dr. Abraham Bredius, Monaco; Dr. J.O. Kronig, Monaco; By whose descendants sold, London, Sotheby's, 17 April 1996, lot 138 (as workshop of Jan Lievens); Where acquired by the present collector.