About this lot

Description

Portrait of a gentleman, presumably Charles Sluyts, full-length, lounging in an interior beside a table
signed, inscribed and dated 'a Charles Sluyts / Piet Vahaat / 1891' (lower right)
oil on canvas
70 x 49.5cm



Condition report:

Framed 82 x 62cm

The painting is executed in oil on a canvas support which has been lined. The lining is not adequately supporting either the original canvas or the paint layers. There is a network of age cracks across the surface, some of which are raised and lifting. Old damages have been repaired, filled and overpainted. The fills are smooth and lumpy and the overpaint poorly matched, although acceptable from a normal viewing distance. The varnish is clear, even and semi-glossy with a light layer of surface dirt.

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