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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;blooey, post: 3295029, member: 12007&quot;]Not much to add really, a nice old master, warped as they often are, oak panel ...if you want an attribution send a pic to Sotheby&#039;s Amsterdam.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would have been cradled originally but as the warp progressed the board released from the cradle leaving the previously covered up sections unoxidized on the back, i.e. the &quot;stripes&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The provenance/collector seal is very impressive, he was very well known and had some very important works, maybe this is a Poussin or something (although the figures look a bit too skinny to be one of his!) - it certainly looks like an extremely good painting.</p><p>You have to submit a pic to Sothebys, but please come back and let us know what you find out![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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