Lot 104
  • 104

Hendrik Potuyl Active in the Netherlands 1639 - 1649

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Hendrik Potuyl
  • The Adoration of the shepherds
  • signed lower right: H Potuijl f
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 27 May 1968, lot 13.

Condition

The canvas has been recently relined. The paint surface is in good condition and appears to have been recently cleaned. There are some older and more recent retouchings and strengthenings, the most recent are visible under ultraviolet light above the the thick layer of varnish. The lot is offered in a later frame in fair condition.
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