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Studio of Bonifazio de' Pitati, called Bonifazio Veronese (1487-1553) The Virgin and child with Mary Magdalene and Saint Catherine of Alexandria oil on canvas 84.5 x 121cm Provenance: Untraced sale, probably Christie’s, 6 September 1854, Horace Smith-Bosanquet of Broxbournebury, Thence by descent The painting is executed in oil on a canvas support which has been lined. The paint layers have a network of age cracks across the surface, some are slightly raised. Around the edges of the painting are smooth areas of fill which have also developed a crack pattern. The original paint layers appear slightly abraded in some areas. There are several areas of overpaint, some of which are slightly wholesale and discoloured. The varnish has yellowed with age. There are drip marks in the right hand side which has caused the varnish to blanch. There is a thick layer of surface dirt present.Framed 108 x 145cm

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