About this lot

Description

Follower of Allan Ramsay

Portrait of a lady, half-length, in black lace with a white bonnet tied with black ribbon, in a half feigned oval
oil on canvas
74 x 62cm



Provenance:
Christie's, London, 19th November 1992, lot 254



Condition report:

63 x 81cm (framed)

The painting is executed in oil on a canvas support which has been lined. The canvas tension is stiff and the picture is in plane. The paint layer has a prominent network of age and impact cracks which is stable overall. Localised areas of overpaint are well matched to the original. There is damage under the sitter’s nose, here the overpaint is matte. The varnish is glossy and brittle with numerous scuffs to the surface.

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