After Theodoor Rombouts

The catalogue illustration is representative for the actual painting. The canvas has an old effective relining. The paint surface is secure, if a little abraded in the background, and is under a slightly dirty and glossy layer of varnish. There's a fine and dense craquelure throughout. No major damages are visible to the naked eye. Some discoloured retouchings are visible to the background. Inspection uner UV light is largely impeded by the thick varnish layer, but does reveal some tiny retouchings in the faces of the figures on the right. There are possibly some older retouchings underneath the varnish. Offered in a decorative gilt plaster and carved wood frame, in fair condition.
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After the signed and dated 162(?)5 original by Theodoor Rombouts in de Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Corsini, Rome.¹

1. See B. Nicholson, Caravaggism in Europe, Oxford 1979, vol. III, no. 1017.