Otto Marseus van Schrieck

Anonymous sale, Paris, Tajan, 12 December 1995, lot 26.

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. It seems that these paintings may not be lined although the reverses of the canvases have been painted to stiffen the fabric. The tacking edges of the painting illustrated on the left have been reinforced. In the center of this same picture there is a small damage and restoration. Other than this both paintings are clean and while there are a few isolated spots of restoration and very slight thinness to the finest details, the condition is beautiful and with a fresh varnish the paintings should be hung as they are.
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Fred Meijer, of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie,The Hague, dates the present works by van Schrieck to circa 1657 [see RKD website, artwork numbers 10050-1].