Martens, Maximiliaan - Dancing Peasants at a St. Sebastian's Kermis: A Rediscovered Painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Cinisello Balsamo, Silvana Editoriale, 2018. Hardcover. A chocolate colored casebound book with Bruegel's signiture in gilt on the front cover, and the title in gilt down the spine. There is a pictorial dust jacket with the title text printed in white on the front cover, and in white down the burnt sienna spine. Pages: (5), 6-63, (1). Profusely illustrated with many full-color and true-tone images. There is a summary in Chinese on the last two pages. After it first surfaced in public, 'Dancing Peasants at a St. Sebastian's Kermis' was recognized as a work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, among others by Max Friedländer, the great connoisseur of Flemish painting. However, after it entered the collection of Baroness Bentinck-Thyssen-Bornemisza, the scholarly interest in the painting diminished. When it reappeared many decades later on the art market in a heavily restored condition, its artistic qualities could no longer be appreciated. Only after a recent judicious conservation treatment, a scientific examination of its materials, and a new evaluation of its painting technique and style, the painting can be returned to one of the greatest masters of Western art history, Pieter Bruegel the Elder. VG+/VG+: A book in excellent condition. There is one pencil marking on the front free end page, but otherwise the book is unmarred. The dust jacket is also in excellent shape.

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