Circle of Jan Mostaert

The following condition report is provided by Hamish Dewar who is an external specialist and not an employee of Sotheby's: The panel has an additional wooden support on the reverse. The paint surface is glossy and uneven. There are raised vertical lines throughout the composition which appear to be stable. Inspection under ultra-violet light shows a discoloured varnish layer and small retouchings mainly in the background and in Christ's hands and cloak. Overall the painting is in good condition. The work is framed.
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This painting is one of several replicas of Jan Mostaert's original rendition of the subject, two versions of which are in the Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona (inv. no. 382), and the Kunsthalle, Hamburg (inv. no. 761).¹

1. See M.J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting, vol. X, Leiden 1973, p. 70, cat. nos 18 and 18a, reproduced plate 14.