Attribué à Pieter Pourbus

Private collection from Burgundy ;
Aquired there by the father of the present owner

A l'oeil nu, le tableau se présente dans un état de conservation plutôt satisfaisant. Il est peint sur un panneau de chêne épais composé de trois planches renforcées On remarque la jonction de planche sur la droite et une fente verticale partant du bord inférieur, jusqu'au drapé rouge du Christ. On remarque quelques soulèvements dans la partie supérieure ceintrée ainsi que plusieurs petits manques au niveau du drapé des personnages au centre, quelques usures dans la chevelure du Christ. Il est sous un vernis ancien, encrassé. A la lampe UV : le tableau est sous un vernis vert épais, uniforme. Quelques légères reprises très ponctuelles. To the naked eye, the painting is in a reasonable good condition. It is painted on a reinforced oak tree panel made of three thick boards. We can see the junction of two boards on the left part of the composition and a vertical crack starting at the lower edge and going to the red drapery of the Christ. Few lift of painting in the upper part of the composition in the lunette shaped part. Used glazing in the hair of the Christ. Under the UV light : thick dirty varnish. Few very tiny retouches.
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Our panel was certainly the center part of a triptych. It has been discussed among different specialists and curators during the last decades. For some this panel has been executed by a student of Pieter Pourbus, Antoon Claeissins, but some other would rather give it to Pieter Pourbus.