The canvas is unlined, and the paint surface is slightly dirty with a clear and even varnish. The paint surface has developed a distinctive texture in some areas like the sky. The paint has slightly thinned in a few places such as the group of figures lower centre and the building lower right. Retouching to a tear and the area surrounding it is visible to the naked eye in the sky upper right. Inspection under ultraviolet light confirms the aformentioned tear and retouching, and further reveals tiny spots and lines of retouching scattered in the sky, as well as a few more concentrated spots, and to a vertical scratch lower right approx. 10 cm. long. Some of the figures (such as those lower centre) have spots of strengthening, as does the equestrian monument. The architectural elements remain largely untouched.
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