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Detail of the central left area, showing the principal equestrian and attendant group of travellers. The painted image measures 51 cm × 28 cm (20 in × 11 in.), while the overall object—including its current frame—extends to 66.5 cm × 42.5 cm (26 in × 17 in.) with an unusually deep profile of 7.5 cm (3 in.). Within these elongated proportions the composition unfolds as a small-scale cabinet picture with a distinctly panoramic sweep.
Verso after recent conservation: linen lining on keyed hardwood stretcher, housed in a protective backing board
A full structural, aesthetic and preventive treatment was undertaken in 2024 by Masters Of Craft and documented in an 18-minute YouTube film. The workflow comprised five major phases—consolidation, lining, surface cleaning, loss compensation, and varnishing—followed by reframing. Figure summarises the visual impact; Figures – illustrate key operations.
Insertion of a linen patch over a canvas loss prior to BEVA–wax vacuum lining. Old cellophane and masking-tape repairs on the verso were removed mechanically. Large Y-shaped tear at centre and several smaller holes were bridged with hand-cut Belgian-linen patches (Figure ).
48 Nicotine and soot removal with spirit-soap. .48 Progress of varnish and over-paint reduction. Residual wax bloom was swabbed off with white spirits. Air-borne pollutants (nicotine/tar) were lifted using 3 Successive mastic and ketone-resin varnishes were reduced with a semi-rigid ethanol/iso-propyl/white-spirit gel. Discoloured 1960s retouching was removed with a weaker acetone/IMS/benzyl-alcohol mix (Fig. b)
Fills levelled and sealed; yellow areas indicate calcium-carbonate putty prior to toning. Water-based calcium-carbonate/bovine-glue putty was levelled flush (Fig. ); sealing coat of 10 Three-pass chromatic integration: (1) neutral base tone; (2) modelling of local hues with Gamblin Conservation Colours; (3) glazing of final nuances after intermediate retouch varnish
Final state: planar paint layer, reintegrated losses and revived palette. Fully planar; no active flaking or tenting. Craquelure network is stable and visually unobtrusive.
Assessing the painting against connoisseurial criteria for an autograph masterwork yields the following balance sheet: Inventio (original design). The composition is demonstrably not original: it reproduces A HAWKING PARTY almost verbatim, including scale, horizon line and hound poses, thereby failing the first test of inventive authorship. Whereas Carel van Falens' signed works display crisp equine musculature modelled with fine, comma-shaped lights, the present surface merges lights and middle-tones into softer,
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