Lot 434
  • 434

Attributed to Karel Dujardin

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Karel Dujardin
  • Saint John the Baptist
  • oil on canvas
  • 17 by 12 3/4 in.; 43.2 by 32.4 cm.

Condition

Oil on canvas with an old relining. The picture surface is flattened and has a very fine, stable web of craquelure. Under UV light, the varnish fluoresces green. Older inpaints are visible scattered along the edges, around the sheep as well as in John the Baptist's hair.
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Catalogue Note

The present composition has also been suggested to be a work Attributed to Frans Wouter.1

1. RKD on-line art work number 51808 (illustration number 0000074670).