Attributed to Antoine Sallaert

The actual painting is a lot softer and less yellow in tone than the catalogue illustration suggests. The single panel has a slight convex bow and is bevelled along all but the lower edges. There's a chip in the lower left corner. There's an area of paint loss in the upper right corner, and minor small paint losses along the outer edges. There's a pin point size paint loss to the lower left, but otherwise, the paint layer is well preserved. Only a few tiny scattered retouchings can be made out. The paint surface is under a very dirty varnish layer. Inspection under UV light is inclusive due to the varnish layer. This lot is offered unframed.
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Very little is known about the life and work of Sallaert, but apart from his paintings and tapestry cartoons, he certainly executed a number of monotypes. Stylistically, this painting may be compared to a drawing of a Musical Allegory in the collection of Georges de Lastic, Paris.¹

1. See J. Foucart, 'Alexandre et Diogène, une grisaille d'Anthoni Sallarts', in Bulletin des amis du Musée de Rennes, 1980, no. 4, pp. 7-15, fig. 5.