Louis-Michel Van Loo

Collection du Baron L. d'Ivry;
Sa vente, Paris, galerie Georges Petit, 9 mai 1884, n°39;
Collection de la vicomtesse de Courval

The painting is overall in good condition. It has been properly relined there is about fifty years. This operation has not flatten the painted surface at all. There is a network of cracks which sligthly indicate the mark of the stretcher. This doesn't interfere at all in the understanding of the work. There are some very small dots of restoration in the back of the armchair. There is a little area with very small lacks in her right arm (about 1 by 05 centimeter). Under UV lamp: Under a green uniform varnish. There are some very small dots of restoration in the red drapery.
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Ce portrait à été gravé par Toussain.