After Martin Drölling

Private collection;
Acquired from the above circa 1990;
Private collection, Connecticut (acquired circa 2011).

Oil on canvas. The work has a relatively new lining. The picture surface is in fair condition with a thick, shiny varnish. There is a stable web of widely-spaced craquelure over the picture surface, including some areas of circular craquelure. The varnish is cloudy in areas - especially the lower left and upper right corners - and there are some scattered inpaints that have discolored and are visible to the naked eye. These spots fluoresece under UV light, including a spot of inpaint to the left of the pot rack at left; an area below the baby's feet; an upside down L below the flower vase at left; in the scarf of the woman in the window and above her head; in the legs of the chair the woman is seated on at right; and a few scattered along the right edge.
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This composition is a copy of the original by Drölling executed in 1815, which currently hangs in the Louvre, Paris (inv. 4097).