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Description

oil on canvas, a fragment (Dimensions: 27 x 24 cm)

(27 x 24 cm)

Footnote: Provenance: Looted during the Franco-Prussian Wars (according to an old label); acquired by the vendor's father some fifty years ago in the north of England and by descent

Condition report: Cut down at some stage. Oil on canvas which has been lined. Old creases and losses in the canvas have been filled and retouched. The retouchings are darkened and the texture is uneven. The varnish is yellowed and dirty. There are old residues of varnish caught in the canvas texture. The paint layer is stable and secure. The frame is in a good condition with some wear to the sight edge.

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