Alessandro Turchi, called l'Orbetto

The panel is unbeveled and made up of a single, vertical board which is flat and stable. The paint surface overall is good, with some areas of abrasion in the background sky and rock. There is a fine vertical crack of approximately one inch in the background to the right of Goliath's head. There is an area of minor lifting with resulting small losses to the background, upper left and further minor, scattered pinhead losses here and there, particularly in the ground along the lower edge, some of which have been retouched. Inspection under ultraviolet light confirms the aforementioned minor retouches to the background. The painting would benefit from a sensitive, light clean and the very small losses could be addressed with retouches. Offered in a carved gilt wood frame.
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Previously unpublished, this panel is a bozzetto for the canvas formerly with Piero Corsini in 2001 but whose current whereabouts are unknown.¹  The attribution has been endorsed independently by Marina Repetto Contaldo, Daniela Scaglietti Kelescian and Mattia Vinco.²

1.  Piero Corsini Inc. (advertisement), in The Burlington Magazine, March 2001.
2.  Private written communication with the owner.