SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE. Oil on canvas, framed, 19th century.

Mrs. R.J. Gould, Italy;
From whom gifted to the Newark Museum, 1917.

Oil on canvas, relined, not examined out of frame. There is frame rubbing and surface dirt throughout. There is a system of craquelure throughout and evidence of some exposure to moisture. There are several faint horizontal lines of cracking, visible in the illustation. There are some tiny losses in the upper right corner. There are various areas of inpainting visible when examined under UV light, apparently underneath a varnish which fluoresces light green. The work is in fair to good condition.
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This work represents the Prophet Jeremiah writing the Book of Lamentations, which describes the fall of the City of Jerusalem. This theme was  popular in the European Renaissance and Baroque artistic traditions, best exemplified by the Jeremiahs of Michaelangelo and Rembrandt.