Creator: Juan F. Béjar [b. 1957]
Date: 1998
Dimensions: 16.5 x 13.5 inches
Date Acquired: 2015-12-11
From Where?: Wiesloch, Germany (Badisches Auktionshaus)
This is a beautiful work that does not appear on the artist’s website. I passed on a superficially beautiful portrait by Adriaen Hanneman, also oil on wooden panel, and continued searching until I stumbled on this painting. It took me a while to get acclimated to Juan’s style, but I immediately recognized a mature and deeply felt reverence for the Old Masters.
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