The canvas is original. There is an Artist's pinhole at the upper left corner. There are very minor frame abrasions and craquelure towards the edges, with a few tiny spots of loss to the edges of the extreme corners, not visible in the present frame. There is a faint stretcher bar mark towards the right edge. There is a small isolated area of extremely fine lines of craquelure in the green pigment to the top of the egg shape just below centre, only visible upon very close inspection. There is some light surface dirt and a few instances of studio detritus and surface matter. This excepting, the work appears in very good overall condition.

Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals no obvious signs of fluorescence or retouching.

The work is held behind glass in a painted and gilt painted wooden frame.

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