About this lot
Description
Portrait of a young girl, full-length, wearing a blue cloak and a pearl necklace holding tulips sprouting from a garden urn
oil on canvas
108.5 x 82.5cm
Provenance:
The Desmond Heyward Collection from Haseley Court, Oxfordshire
Footnote:
Exhibited:
London, Sotheby's, Loan Exhibition, Childhood, 2nd-27th January 1988, No. 1, as 'English School, 17th century'
Condition report:
135 x 110cm (Framed)
Oil on canvas which has been lined. The canvas tension is stiff and the picture is in plane. The paint layer has suffered from flaking and abrasion in the past, There are a few old, scattered losses and the edges of some age cracks are uneven and raised, but overall the paint layer is secure. There is extensive retouching across the surface covering wear. It has been well executed and is generally well matched to the original paint layer, although slightly darkened in the background. The varnish is clear, even and semi glossy. There are some scuffs to the varnish in the lower left right corner.
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