Maître de l'Adoration de Bruxelles (actif à Anvers au XVIe siècle)

To the naked eye: The painting is in beautiful condition. It is painted on three cradled panels perfectly straight. The pictorial matter is perfectly stable and we cannot notice any cracks. The matter is beautiful with lovely glazes well preserved with beautiful transparency. We can also notice the under drawing characteristic of that period. We cannot notice any restorations. Under UV light: The three panels appear under a green uniform varnish. We can notice some vertical restorations all along the two junctions of planks of the central panel and also on the lateral winds. We can notice some restorations on the body of the Children and also on the hat of the crouching mage. We can notice on the right wing some very few light restorations on the sky and on Saint Joseph's beard and on the left wing on the upper mage's face. The painting is in overall very satisfactory condition.
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Nous remercions Monsieur Peter van den Brink d'avoir trouvé l'attribution d'après photographie. Le nom de cet artiste a été donné en référence à un tryptique du Centre publique d'aide sociale de Brussels (Rue Haute). A priori, il existerait plusieurs versions de ce tryptique.