Lot 448
  • 448

Jacobus Biltius

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Jacobus Biltius
  • A Trompe-L'Oeil Still Life of A Game Bird Suspended From A Nail
  • signed and dated lower right: J. Biltius fecit 1*65
  • oil on canvas, unframed
  • 21 1/2 by 18 in.; 54.6 by 45.7 cm.

Provenance

Arthur Block, according to an inscription on the stretcher.

Condition

Oil on canvas, unframed. The work has a somewhat pronounced web of craquelure over the entire surface. There is a puncture with accompanying loss in the upper left quadrant. Surface dirt and dust and a dirty, yellowed varnish. Under UV, there is a spot of brightly fluorescing inpaint below the birds head; otherwise there are no apparent inpaints visible.
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