Alberto Pasini

Acquired through the Prendergast Bequest, 1891

Descriptive Catalogue of the Art Gallery of the James Prendergast Library Association, Jamestown, 1906, no. 43 
Katherine E. Manthorne, The Mirror Up to Nature: A Catalogue of 19^th and 20^th Century Paintings in the Collection of The James Prendergast Library Association, Jamestown, New York, 1982, p. 33, illustrated

Oil on canvas laid down on board. There is visible surface dirt and finely patterned, stable craquelure throughout, which is mostly visible in the darker pigments. There are a few pinpoint dots of discoloration at upper right, with one in the center and one to the right of the base of the column. Under UV: a green fluorescing varnish covers the picture surface which is difficult to read through, though there appear to be no retouches.
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