Lot 293: SÉBASTIEN STOSKOPFF | Still life with a carp and two bitter oranges on a stone ledge

oil on canvas

40 x 54,5 cm ; 15 3/4  x 21 1/2  in.

To the naked eye : The painting appears to be in a beautiful condition. It has been correctly cleaned on the 1st half of the 20th century. It has been relined also in the 1st half of the 20th century, a little bit stiff. Under U.V. light: The painting appears under a green thick uniform old varnish. We cannot notice any restoration. There may some old retouching underneath the old varnish layer. A l'oeil nu : Le tableau se présente dans un bel état de conservation. Il a fait l'objet d'un nettoyage correctement réalisé, dans la première moitié du XXe siècle. Le tableau a fait l'objet d'un rentoilage un peu fort au cours de la première moitié du XXe siècle.               A la lampe U.V. :Le tableau apparaît sous un épais vernis vert ancien et homogène. On ne remarque pas de restauration. Il pourrait y avoir des anciennes restorations sous le vernis.
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Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Natures mortes françaises du XVIIe siècle à nos jours, 1951-1952, no. 149 (as 'peintres de la Realité, XVIIe siècle').

M. Faré, La nature morte en France, son histoire et son évolution du XVIIe siècle au XXe siècle, Geneva 1962, vol. II, reproduced, plate 119 (with the measurements as 45 x 60 cm and as French School 17th century, private collection, Paris);
M. Faré, Le grand siècle de la nature morte en France, le XVIIe siècle, Freiburg 1974, p. 134, reproduced (as French school).

Private collection, Paris;
Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Ader, 12 April 1995, lot 44 (sold for FF 290.000).