Lot 155
  • 155

Scipione Compagno Naples 1624-after 1680

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Scipione Compagno
  • Christ at the pool of Bethseda
  • oil on canvas

Condition

The canvas has been relined. The paint surface is secured by a thick discoloured varnish. There is a thin vertical scratch of aprox 30 cm. to the centre left. Inpsection under UV light is made impossible by the varnish but some strengthenings are visible to the naked eye in the foreground figures. Offered in a later plaster and wood frame.
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