The frame is plausibly 18th century. It is certainly a good quality, hand carved frame of some age, which would appear to have been around the painting for some time.

In fully restored condition. Stiffly relined, cleaned and revarnished. The canvas and surface are somewhat flattened and the paint is thin in places as a result of the restoration process. Areas of varying sized, stable craquelure. Some surface dirt and discoloured varnish.

There is a reasonable amount of retouching and general infilling to old craquelure throughout the background. The top of the young girl's hair and the slight right-hand side of her forehead have two more notable areas of retouching and restoration, possibly to old damages. There is a further slightly more concentrated, essentially vertical area of retouching running from the right-hand side of her top lip to her chin. Furthermore, delicate but consistent infilling mostly throughout the craquelure of her face and hair, and to a lesser extent through her décolletage area. Further fairly consistent infilling to old craquelure through the red satin shawl, her dress and bodice, her right hand and arm, and elsewhere. The lower left-hand corner has consistent infilling with additional more concentrated retouching to corner, and to a lesser extent upper left-hand corner. The shadow between her bodice and the red shawl is generally strengthened, as is the outline of her neck and shoulder. A more concentrated, essentially vertical patch of repainting towards the lower left-hand corner, approximately 3cm in length within the red shawl. This may be a more notable historic damage as are one or two of the more significant linear patches of evident retouching and restoration.

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