SOUTH NETHERLANDISH SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY, PORTRAIT OF JACOBUS CAROCIUS, OIL ON CANVAS SOUTH NETHERLANDISH SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY, PORTRAIT OF JACOBUS CAROCIUS, OIL ON CANVAS

SOUTH NETHERLANDISH SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY, PORTRAIT OF JACOBUS CAROCIUS, OIL ON CANVAS

Reference: ART700355

Portrait of Jacobus Carocius, aged 40, physician, depicted half-length in a library, oil on canvas laid down on board, 71 by 52 cm. (unframed) Inscribed: IACOBUS/CAROCIVS MEDIC/PHYSICVS/ANNORUM XL in the upper left corner Provenance: Sale, The Hague, Van Marle & Bignell, 6 april 1943, lot 168 (sold for dfl. 250,-) 53 by 71 cm.

Condition: The canvas has been relined and set onto a new stretcher of which the canvas is now coming loose. Some minor scratches to the surface visible. Very fine craquelure visible to the white pigments. This work would benefit from cleaning. UV inspection: several thick and uneven varnish layers are visible. The letters on the books right of the head of the sitter have been strengthened. Some minor retouched specks in the lower part of painting.