Attribué à Adriaen Jansz van Ostade

To the naked eye: The painting is in overall moderatly good condition. The painting is painted on a oval panel, it has been doubled and enlarge as rectangle. There are traces of enlargement in the four corners. There are some vertical slits from the upper part to the left of the pitcher in the center. Traces of restoration in the background. The painting bears trace of date an dsignature at the right on the center, added and not really readable. Under UV light: We remark restoration in the background, in the coat of the man on the left, in the red coat and in the pitcher. We remark restoration along the slits corresponding to the enlargement.
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