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Message:: [QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4428684, member: 8267"]The date of your painting is still in question. The nails and the staples both seem to point to mid 20th century or later. If the painting is older than the nails and staples suggest, an explanation might be that it has been restretched, or lined. If so, there should be evidence visible on the edges of the canvas. If it was transferred to a newer stretcher at some point, there may be evidence of more than one series of nail holes through the canvas. From what I can see in your photos of the back of the painting, it does not look like it has been lined. But if it has, you might be able to see evidence of more than one layer of canvas along the folded edge or the edges where it is stapled. In order to solve this mystery, I really think you will need to take the painting (or detailed photos) to a curator who is very familiar with Kruyder's work. There is simply not the right kind of information published or available on the internet.[/QUOTE]