FOLLOWER OF PIER FRANCESCO MOLA | The Blind Homer

Karl Rudolph;
By whom given to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1979 (acc. no. 79.99).

This painting has an old stiff re-lining. The picture has probably not been restored in many decades. There is a crack in the canvas which extends from the middle of the face to the right edge. UV light reveals scattered retouching in a few areas of the drapery and notably a concentrated area along the crack through the right background. There are some small losses down to the canvas on the lower right corner, As well as a raised old puncture to the eighth of the violin. With a new Lining and restoration this picture would be much improved. In a carved gilt wood frame.
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