Circle of Sebastien Stoskopff

There is an old glue relining. The canvas is coming off the stretcher at the upper right corner. The painting is under a dirty and discolored old varnish. Though the paint surface has been a bit pressed and abraded, the painting still reads reasonably well, though detail in the painted prints is no longer as crisp as it probably once was. Examination under UV reveals an area of retouching at upper right and another on the large print at lower center. Other smaller ones are scattered here and there in background and there is a larger area at lower left corner. This painting has not been attended to in a long time and would benefit from sensitive restoration.
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