Jan Wijnants

Martin Asscher collection;
Alfred Brod, London, 1957.

Providence, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Northern Baroque Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Weldon, 15 April - 7 June 1964, no. 29;
New York, Finch College Museum of Art, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Weldon, 11 May - 30 June 1966, no. 46;
New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art, In the Eye of the Beholder: Northern Baroque Paintings from the Collection of Henry H. Weldon, 1997, no. 61;
Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery, An Eye for Detail, 17th-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the Collection of Henry H. Weldon, 20 June - 5 September 1999, no. 61.

T. Minty, In the Eye of the Beholder: Northern Baroque Paintings from the Collection of Henry H. Weldon, New Orleans 1997, p. 156, cat. no. 61, reproduced (with erroneous provenance and literature);
T. Minty and J. Spicer, An Eye for Detail, 17th-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the Collection of Henry H. Weldon, Baltimore 1999, p. 144, cat. no. 61, reproduced (with erroneous provenance and literature);
K. Eisele, Jan Wijnants (1631/32-1684), vol. I, Stuttgart 2000, p. 139, cat. no. 97, reproduced fig. 97.

The canvas is lined. The painting presents a charming image with the details well preserved as noted with the figures in the foreground. Some more visible, but stable craquelure is visible in the sky behind the tree at left. Inspection under UV is difficult to read because of the varnish, but a few small spots of retouches are visible on the sky and clouds. An area of retouching is visible on extreme edges, most noticeably along the upper edge. The foreground appears to have some retouching on the darker colors, with a more condensed area on the bottom right corner. The painting could be hung in its present state and is offered in a carved, gilded wood frame.
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We are grateful to Klaus Eisele for correcting the provenance and literature listed in previous catalogues and for endorsing the attribution.