Lot 429
  • 429

Cornelis Pietersz. Bega

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Cornelis Pietersz. Bega
  • Six Peasants in an Interior
  • oil on panel
  • 11 1/4 by 12 3/8 in.; 28.5 by 31.5 cm.

Provenance

A.S. Drey Collection, Munich (his sale, Munich, 12 October 1909, lot 3);
Private collection, The Hague;
W.J.A. Arutz collection, Nijmegen, by 1949;
Private collection, Mannheim;
Private collection, Wassenaar, by 1959;
Private collection, New York, by 1979;
With Colnaghi, New York;
With Jack Kilgore, New York.

Exhibited

Cleveland Museum of Art

Condition

Oil on cradeled panel. Minor abrasions at the extreme edges. The picture surface has some minor vertical craquelure and a shiny varnish. Under UV light, the varnish fluoresces green and obscures the picture surface.
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