Lot 167: JACOB JACOBSZ. VAN GEEL | A wooded landscape with figures on a path crossing a bridge, a village and a church spire beyond

oil on oak panel

13.4 by 21.6 cm.; 5 1/4  by 8 1/2  in.

oil on oak panel

The panel is uncradled. The paint surface is flat and secure. There is some slight discoloration to the clouds, perhaps due to a dirty varnish. Otherwise the surface is clean and the colours are strong. Two retouchings are visible at the upper right: the first is a diagonal band measuring approximately 4 cm; the second measures approximately 1 by 1 cm. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals very few, very small, scattered retouchings at the upper left. Overall the work is in excellent condition.
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Delft, Stedelijk Museum het Prinsenhof, De stad Delft – cultuur en maatschappij van 1572 tot 1667, 21 March – 24 May 1981 (not in the catalogue).

Bears a seal on the reverse incorporating the Royal Arms of France encircled by the Collar of the Order of Saint Michele;
With A.J. Boer, The Hague, 1939;
With David Koetser, Zurich;
From whom acquired for the present collection in the early 1980s.