In fully restored condition. Relined, cleaned and revarnished. The paint is slightly flattened and thin in places as a result of the restoration process. Fairly comprehensive strengthening through the sky with some more sporadic and delicate retouching and infilling to preseumabley old flaked paint and cracquelure. The fur of the animal atop the rock has also had a good amount of restoration and general retouching and infilling. The background between its outstretched front leg and the outline of the rock is comprehensively overpainted. Further general retouching and infilling throughout the tree trunk on the right-hand side and across the rock formation in general with some areas of more consistent overpainting in general including the water within the foreground. The duck and ducklings within lower right-hand corner also showing retouching and infilling and some general strengthening to outline to definition, wings plumage etc. The centrally placed heron is seemingly less affected in general with the white bird of the left-hand side also displaying less general retouching or restoration. However, the rock or mass in which it stands does display general retouches and infilling as does the foreground in general. Covered in a fairly light layer of dirt and discoloured varnish, evidence of pitting in places presuming old flaked paint. Areas of varying sized essentially stable cracquelure. Slight stretcher shadow on the vertical and outer edges. For more information please contact the department.

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