Attributed to Bartolomeo Biscaino Genova 1632 - 1657

Lined canvas. The canvas has a few horizontal and vertical creases, as if it had been folded at one point. The paint surface is thin but the figures still retain a good amount of inpasto. Once brittle and flaking, the surface is now stabilized but still with some craquelure at center. The area along te bottom edge has repairs. Under UV light: a fairly moderate amount of inpainting, all of it in a circa 3 inch strip along the bottom edge.
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