Lot 31
  • 31

Matthias Withoos

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Description

  • Matthias Withoos
  • Landscape with birds and flowers in the underbrush of a wood
  • BearsĀ a Weenix signature and datedĀ 1660
  • oil on canvas

Condition

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 work has been restored. The black crow on the left shows some uneven varnish, and there are discolored restorations that could be adjusted, particularly in the upper left. The condition seems to be very good, with only faint weakness to some of the architecture in the distance, and to the leaves and berries against the sky in the center and on the left. The details in all of the birds and flowers in the lower half, center and right side are very visibly healthy. Further retouches are not clearly visible under ultraviolet light, but it is doubtful that there are any of any significance. If some of the discolored retouches were addressed, the work could be hung in its current state.
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