A Mediterranean Girl, Continental School

oil on canvas



unframed



signed with initials and dated 1866 (lower right)

The work is unlined, the canvas is dirty. There is a 2-3 inch tear in the canvas at the lower right hand corner. There is some abrasion at the edges of the work, some pigment and holes form abrasion. There is a rip at the top edge of the work where the canvas fastened to the stretcher. The tear runs for the length of the upper corner. Some light craquelure throughout UNDER UV: Some inpainting throughout, though there is a masking varnish so hard to tell the full extent of the inpainting. There is some areas around the flower, and earring of the girl. Please note this work is being sold unframed.
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