Glazed. Covered in a layer of dirt and discoloured varnish. Widely spaced stable craquelure most notably to the forehead and nose. There are two more significant lines of cracking, one through the centre of the forehead and one horizontally above the eyebrows. A notable area of pitting approx 2cm by 1cm to the sitters ruff towards left edge of frame. Fairly consistent infilling and retouching to old craquelure visible under UV. There are areas of panel at the top and bottom edges of the picture left exposed when the work was laid down.

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