(circa 1630 Haarlem 1676)

Village street with figures. 1651.

Oil on panel.

Signed lower right: k: mo(..)ner. 1651.

38 x 47.5 cm.

Provenance:
- Kunstsalon Franke, Leipzig 1934 (as Pieter de Bloot).
- Swiss private collection.
- Koller, Zürich, 28.3.2014, Lot 3058.
- Swiss private collection.

Our thanks to Ellis Dullaart of RKD, The Hague, for confirming the authenticity of this work on the basis of a photograph.

Oil on panel. Vero in the left third a continuous vertical hair crack with a wooden support of 5 cm width. The mentioned hair crack is slightly visible recto and partly retouched. Paint surface well-preserved with fine vertical craquelures. Minimal colour abrasions along the edges.
Under UV-light: some small retouching along the edges as well as along the mentioned hair crack. Further retouching in the sky, on the houses and in the foreground. Few small retouching on the figures. Varnish appears fluorescent in green.
Overall condition good.