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Lot Essay
The composition follows the engraving of circa 1587 (B.21.II).
The flame of the candle is set in a depression in the support which the copyist has gilded, giving the impression that a fictive candle has burnt a hollow in the support.
Drs J. Dik, Phd at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Amsterdam, has technically analysed the pigments in the present painting: some were no longer used after 1725, this date may thus provide a terminus ante quem for the date of execution of the present lot.
His report, dated 26 February 1999, is available to the buyer.
The flame of the candle is set in a depression in the support which the copyist has gilded, giving the impression that a fictive candle has burnt a hollow in the support.
Drs J. Dik, Phd at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Amsterdam, has technically analysed the pigments in the present painting: some were no longer used after 1725, this date may thus provide a terminus ante quem for the date of execution of the present lot.
His report, dated 26 February 1999, is available to the buyer.