Attributed to Carel "Charles" van Falens (Netherlands, 1683-1733) oil on panel genre scene depicting a nobleman astride and another preparing to mount their horses observing a farrier shoe a white horse while two men restrain it and a small child looks on. Domesticated animals occupy the lower left foreground with additional figures, a stable, and windmills in the background beneath a cloud-strewn blue sky. Signed "C van falens" lower right corner. Old printed label with artist biographical information taped to cradle stretcher, en verso. Housed in a newer molded giltwood frame. Sight: 17" H x 13 1/2" W. Framed: 27 1/8" H x 23 3/8" W.

PROVENANCE: The Estate of Peggy Lambert, Maryville, Tennessee.

CONDITION: Cradled panel. Old craquelure throughout. Minor scattered abrasions. Areas of vertical shrinkage to board with corresponding overpainting and area of loss in upper central portion. Minor area of tenting or slight lifting of paint upper center. Painting appears to have been cleaned in some areas with retouching in the foreground figures and animals. Florescence in some of the sky regions appears to correlate to yellowing of the varnish in this area.