Lot 608
  • 608

North Italian School, circa 1600

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • North Italian School, circa 1600
  • Christ carrying the Cross
  • oil on canvas
  • 34 1/2 by 29 in.; 87.7 by 73.6 cm.

Condition

Oil on canvas, lined. The picture surface is covered by a stable web of craquelure that is slightly textured. Surface dirt. Minor abrasions throughout. Under UV light, the majority of the work is obscured by a green fluorescing varnish. There are dots and lines of retouching scattered at the edges, as well as scattered through the figure. Older, lightly fluorescing dots of retouching throughout Christ's robe.
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