Dietz Edzard

Private collection, Fort Lee, New Jersey

The painting is not lined; there is a preperatory work of a woman on the verso. The canvas bumps out slightly in the corners and along the lower edge; there is an associated minor loss in the lower left corner and some horizontal craquelure in the lower right corner. There is some minor craquelure scattered throughout. Under UV, the darker paint at the far edges, especially the right and left edges, fluoresces.
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The subject of this work is Beniamino Gigli, known as Gigli (1890-1957), a renowned opera singer.