The panel is flat, stable, and cradled on the reverse. The striking portrait image reads well beneath clear varnish. Small areas of prior lifting/bubbling are visible on the left and bottom edges but are stable, and 2 thin surface scratches on the face are visible to the naked eye but are not distracting. Under UV inspection, the varnish appears thick and only a few very small retouches from an earlier campaign are visible, including 2 dots in the hat and a few thin craquelure lines in the black cloak. Offered in Florentine sixteenth century decoratively carved giltwood frame.

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