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Day 2 Fine Western, American, European Works

Sat, Nov 7, 2015 09:00AM EST - Sun, Nov 8, 2015 09:00AM EST
Lot 656

Flemish School

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

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(Southern Netherlands, 17th century) Portrait of a Family, seated in an interior, inscribed on letter indistinctly, oil on canvas, 51-7/8 x 67-1/4 in.; fine gilt wood and composition frame lined, abrasions at edges, crackle, retouch affecting approximately 10% of surface; frame reduced, losses to surface. Notes: A similar family group was painted by Bartholomeus van der Helst and represented by Sotheby's Milan, May 30, 2006 , lot 28.. Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York December 3, 1974, lot 3 as After Bartholomeus van der Helst; New Orleans Auction Galleries, New Orleans, January 27, 2007, lot 234

Condition

lined, abrasions at edges, crackle, retouch affecting approximately 10% of surface; frame reduced, losses to surface

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