Giovanni Migliara

The very finely-woven canvas has been deliberately adhered to the glass but has become unstuck in the upper and lower right-hand corners, resulting in some pinprick paint losses. There are some small spots of discoloured foxing in the upper part of the sky, as well as staining along the upper and lower margins, but the painting is otherwise in very good condition.
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Another version of this composition by Migliara, with some differences in the staffage, is in the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, dated to 1830-35.¹

1. Oil on card, laid down on canvas, 25 x 38 cm.; inv. no. 573; see F. Rossi, Accademia Carrara. Bergamo. Catalogo dei dipinti, Bergamo 1979, p. 427.