After Antonio Allegri, called Correggio

The canvas has been relined. The paint surface is generally secure but has been somewhat abraded in areas and subsequently retouched. The varnish prevents satisfactory inspection under UV light and only the most recent retouchings flouresce. Further scattered retouchings are visible to the naked eye. Offered in a painted wood and plaster frame in fairly good condition with some minor losses.
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An 18th-century copy after Correggio's original in the Galleria Nazionale in Parma (see C. Gould, The Paintings of Correggio, London 1976, pp. 262-3, reproduced plates 157 to 160).