Jan Brueghel the Younger and Studio

The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.This painting is nicely varnished and retouched. The panel is slightly curved along the bottom edge. The mouse has developed thinness which has been retouched, and there is probably carefully retouched weakness in the thinnest details in the feet of the insects and wing of the dragonfly. Under ultraviolet light, one can also see retouches that have been carefully applied to even out the light colored background. The work should be hung as is.
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