Lot 93
  • 93

Pieter Cornelisz van Egmondt Leiden circa 1620 - after 1663

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pieter Cornelisz van Egmondt
  • An interior with a man reading, his wife snoozing in a chair beside him
  • brushed on the reverse with old inventory number: PB/49
  • oil on panel, unframed

Provenance

John and Johanna Bass, New York (according to a label on the reverse).

Literature

F.G. Meijer, "Pieter Cornelisz. van Egmondt, een kennismaking", in Oud Holland, 1990, vol. 104, no. 3/4, pp. 258-9, reproduced.

Condition

The single, flat panel is stable and uncradled. The paint surface is overall in good condition and under a thick glossy varnich which is a little discoloured. There are a few scattered discoloured retouchings. Inspection under UV light is not conclusive due to the thick varnish. Offered in a later wood frame in good condition.
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