Ecole Allemande du XVe siècle

Vente Paris, 8 février 1934, n°52, comme «École de Tournai», reproduit

C. Sterling, H. Adhémar, Peintures école française XIVe, XVe et XVIe siècles, Paris, 1965, cité sous le n°51 comme «École Espagnole» ;
Ch. R. Post, A History of Spanish Painting, vol. IX, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1947, pp. 409-13, fig. 141, comme «École Castillane»

Le tableau se présente dans un excellent état de conservation compte tenu de l'époque. Il possède une très belle matière avec de très bons fonds d'or très bien préservés. Il est peint sur un panneau de bois tendre fait d'une planche non parquetée et parfaitement droit inséré dans un cadre ancien. Il a une très légère petite fente entre la jonction du panneau et le cadre dans la partie basse. A la lampe UV : Il apparaît sous un vernis vert uniforme avec de très fines reprises dans l'aigle, ainsi que dans le visage et la chevelure de Jean, son pied et son drapé rouge. Quelques reprises dans les drapés dorés. The painting is an excellent overall condition considering its period of creation. Its medium is very well preserved as for its golden ground which is also very well preserved. It is painted on a perfectly straight panel made of one uncraddled softwood mount in an ancient frame. It has a very slight crack along the lower edge following the junction of the panel and its frame. Under the UV light : the painting appears under an uniform green varnish with very slight restorations in the eagle, the face and hair of John, his foot and his red drapery. Few restoration can also be seen in the golden draperies. Très bel état de conservation d'ensemble.
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