Lined, all keys present, good tension. Some mould on the back of the canvas. The edge of the canvas is visible at the top.

Brittle age craquelure throughout, with stretcher bar and impact cracks. All stable, but slightly elevated in thicker passages of the paint.

Scattered minor retouched losses mostly in the background, particularly to the top right and left corners, and down the left and right sides. A thicker band of old overpaint/varnish at the top and left edges. There is one 1cm retouched loss to the left thumb, and below this a patch of impact cracking with a couple of tiny unrestored losses, and below this there is a line of unrestored losses.

There has been Some abrasion to the thin delicate passages in the hair, a little in the background, the halftones/glazes in the face and in the fur edge to the drapery (see images). It appears the at the rose might have had the glazes removed, as the leaves now appear blue. The fur edging has patches of suppressing overpaint, particularly in the chest area, but there are no other attempts to suppress abrasion.

There are a few dark spots in the lighter passages of background, it is not clear what these are.

The picture has been unevenly cleaned in the past, with patches of thick old yellowed varnish left on in areas such as in the blue drapery and fur bottom right quadrant. It has been partially put into solution and wiped around, and is visible with the naked eye as slightly milky/uneven area, and ingrained in the troughs of the canvas. There is an upper, even, glossy varnish, not discoloured, with minor fresher scuffs to the varnish at the edges. Light surface dirt.