North German School, 1589

Panel is cradled. there is a small diagonal surface scratch at lower left corner and a very small loss to the panel at upper right corner. aside from some thinness in hair, the paint surface is well intact and there is good detail throughout the figure and costume. under UV light, one can see scattered retouches in face and collar which are mostly in the form of retouches along the vertical wood grain. there is an area of retouching in background at far left center and a few in background. painting can be hung as is.
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