Lot 71: STUDIO OF FRANS FRANCKEN THE ELDER HERENTALS 1542 - 1616 ANTWERP

25 1/2 by 20 in.<br><br>64.8 by 50.8 cm.

oil on panel

The panel is flat and in good condition. There is some stabilized paint lifting on the robe of the kneeling figure with a few specs of paint loss; two small, vertical cracks in panel at the lower left corner with paint loss along them; the varnish is old and dirty. Under ultraviolet light: dark varnish; inpainting on the abovementioned paint lifting; small specks of inpainting scattered in the sky.

PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, November 28, 1978, lot 15 (as by Frans Francken, the Elder) there sold by Rubinstein, Grassmere Hotel, West Hampton, New York