After Johann Heinrich Wedekind

The canvas has been lined. There is an overpainted inscription (reading Peter II) to the reverse of the canvas, The paint surface is quite dirty with a layer of discoloured varnish. There are some surface scuffs just visible to the inner frame edge and a few minor surface scratches in places. UV light reveals several small spots of old retouching in places and to the edges but an opaque layer of varnish prevents a more conclusive examination. Held in a gold painted wooden frame with moulded corners. Unexamined out of frame.
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