Gillis van Tilborgh (Brussels circa 1625-circa 1678)
A classroom interior with a schoolmistress scolding a pupil
signed 'TILBORGH. F' (on jug, lower left)
oil on panel
55.1 x 70cm (21 11/16 x 27 9/16in).
Footnotes:
Provenance
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 February 2008, lot 140, where purchased by the present owner's father

The panel is cradled on the reverse and the varnish is relatively clean. In raking light it appears that the paint surface has lifted and been consolidated. Two horizontal splits can be seen running in from the right hand side. Old restoration is visible to the naked eye scattered throughout the background architecture.
Inspection under ultra-violet light reveals:
- horizontal lines of infilling and restoration throughout the background
- restoration along the aforementioned splits
- strengthening to the details of the figures

Unexamined out of the frame.