MICHAEL GEORGE BRENNAN | The Acolyte

The canvas has been strip-lined onto a new wooden stretcher with what appears to be an additional transparent lining applied with a very thin gauze. This has successfully secured some small and occasional areas of craquelure to the canvas, most noticeably in the left hand figure group. The work appears in good and stable condition. UV light reveals an opaque varnish. There is a broken, vertical line of retouching to the edge of the curtain pulled back by the priest; also small retouching to the boy leaning against the doorway, to the crouching boy on the left's elbow and a small spot near the centre of the upper edge. Held in a gilt plaster frame, ready to hang.
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