Eugenio Zampighi

Private collection, Grand Junction, Colorado
Acquired from the estate of the above

Oil on canvas, unlined. The canvas is somewhat slack on the stretcher and there is bumping at the lower edge and in the upper corners. There is a 1 inch vertical tear in the canvas with associated losses to the right of the table edge at left. There is a loss near the lower right corner. There is a web of craquelure over the picture surface. Under UV light, there are short lines of inpainting to address the previously mentioned craquelure. There are a few small, scattered spots of inpainting scattered over the canvas, as well as some pinpoint sized dots of pale brown studio paint scattered over the picture plane which fluoresce under UV.
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