Lined. All keys present, just a little lacking in tension. Finescale brittle age craquelure and minor drying cracks in areas, and very slight stretcher bar marks. All stable and not elevated. The painting has been partially cleaned in the past, with remants of old varnish left in the darker, more vulnerable passages, and visible as ingrained dirt and yellowed varnish in the lighter areas. There has been a little minor abrasion in a few areas, for example the shoulder of the boy with the blue sash and the hair and ear of the standing woman. Slight dark dotty marks in a few areas, for example the purple apron of the seated woman. A few scattered very minor restored losses, e.g. one to the bottom right corner, and a few tiny retouchings to cracks. A little rubbing and overpaint to the bottom of the right edge. Even. not too glossy upper varnish. A few minor scuffs to the surface layers, and light surface dirt and accretions.

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