ATTRIBUTED TO ESAIAS BOURSSE (AMSTERDAM 1631-1672) (AMSTERDAM 1631-1672)
Portrait of a family in an interior
oil on canvas, laid down on panel
75.5 x 83 cm (29 3/4 x 32 11/16 in)
frame: 52 x 61 cm (20 1/2 x 24 in)

Only about thirty works by or attributed to Esaias Boursse survive. Compare the sensitive handling of light on the left of the present painting, along with details such as the porcelain mounted on the wall, with Boursse’s Interior with Woman at Wheel, 1661 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, SK-A-767); and the overall composition of a family portrait in the present lot, with RKD Image Database img.nr. 0000145861 and 0000139101.

CONDITION REPORT:
Oil on a fine-weave canvas, mounted onto a cradled panel, framed. Not examined out of frame. Examined under UV light: scattered retouching and reinforcing, especially to the girl’s head on the far right, around the red skirt, around the mounted bowls and pictures. Overall, it is our opinion that the work is in good original condition.

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