Filippo Pedrini

The canvas has a very fine old relining which is still firm. It has slightly flattened the paint surface in the background but the impasto is otherwise very well preserved. To the naked eye the painting appears in good overall condition, Inspection under UV light reveals some scattered retouthings in the darker tones. Offered in a later reproduction frame in good condition.
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Just as his father and teacher Domenico (1728-1800) had done before him, Pedrini worked in the style of the Gandolfi family, the dominant artistic personalities of eighteenth-century Bologna, whose influence is inescapable in the present work.

The attribution to Pedrini was first proposed by Dott.ssa Donatelli Biagi Maino (written communication with the present owner).