LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

27.76 in. (70.50 cm.) (height) by 21.61 in. (54.90 cm.) (width)

Condition:

The canvas is lined. The image is crisp and reads well beneath a clear varnish. The painting has been recently cleaned and attended to. The canvas is pressed in some areas, causing some thinness here and there, for example in the pink of the costume at lower center. There is one small, horizontal, 1/2 inch thin but stable crack in the upper right background. UV reveals areas that fluoresce unevenly in the background, possibly from an old campaign of restoration. UV also reveals a vertical area of retouching at the center of the Virgin's hand, some broad strokes in the shadows of her upper neck, and some spots concentrated at the extreme edges, for example in the lower left edge, which are also visible to the naked eye. There are a few fine spots and thin strokes of restoration scattered throughout her costume as well as a few thin strokes and spots scattered here and there in her face. The painting can hang in its present state. Offered in a simply carved giltwood frame