Follower of Jan Brueghel II

A l'oeil nu, le tableau se présente dans un état de conservation satisfaisant. Il est peint sur un panneau de cuivre épais, parfaitement droit et la peinture est parfaitement stable. Il est sous un vernis un peu trop épais, ancien. A la lampe UV : le tableau est sous un vernis vert uniforme. On ne remarque pas de restauration, mais quelques reprises légères dans le nuage blanc. To the naked eye, the painting is in a good overall condition. It is painted on a thick cupper perfecly straight and the painted surface is perfectly stable. It is under a thick old varnish. Under the UV light : the painting is under a green uniform varnish. We don't see any restoration, just few light retouches in the white cloud.
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