Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein

Acquired by the grandmother of the previous owner

The canvas has not been lined. There are fine lines of craquelure overall, notably in the darker pigments (which are not clearly visible in the catalogue illustration), a thin two centimetre horizontal abrasion in her dress and a second two centimetre vertical abrasion in the figure's left shoulder (both visible in the catalogue illustration). Under ultraviolet light the varnish fluoresces quite opaquely obscuring a clear reading of the surface, however there are signs of retouching notably some spots in the right half of the figure's dress, tiny scattered spots in her skintones and hair and some spots and strokes in the background. The appearance of this painting could be trasformed with cleaning and restoration. Held in a decorative gilt frame. The colours in the original are subtler than in the catalogue illustration, the figure stands out from the background much more clearly and her skin pigments are less red.
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