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Lot 1175
Follower of Jacob van Walscapelle (1644-1727) Dutch An abundant still life with silver plate and spoon, a cut lemon, oysters, wild strawberries, a vine and grapes, pink Roses, cherries, and glassware, with butterflies and insects Oil on panel, 40cm by 33cm Frame size: 54cm by 47.5cm The panel is one single board, with a horizontal batten in the middle of the back, minor old knocks to all sides, and canvas stuck to the back of the panel. There are no splits visible, and the panel is held flat in the frame.There is a fine brittle age craquelure throughout, all stable with no elevation or history of flaking. In passages the cracks are wider, and these have been suppressed in a campaign of retouching, slightly discoloured (see images). The cracks are most evident in raking light and a higher concentration through the table top and plate. Small scattered retouchings to suppress the cracks in the background, and small retouched losses to the right of the righthand glass, further retouched losses in the left hand glass, and above this near the top edge. A small newer unretouched loss to the left of the lefthand glass. There is a diagonal line of retouching running towards the top left corner from the top of the vineleaf, a retouched loss to the end of the vineleafe above the grapes and further small scattered minor retouched losses. Some retouching to cracks in strawberrys, lemon, and a small filling and retouching to the right end of the cherry stem. There is a larger brown retouching above the oyster.Possibly some minor losses to the delicate glazes, but mostly intact.There is what appears to be a retouched or removed? signature or inscription above the butterfly on the left. Visible clearly in UV (see images) and as a pale milky patch in normal light. Wipe marks in the varnish bottom left and right. An old varnish layer, slighly opaque in places.Examined in frame.
