FOLLOWER OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA SALVI, CALLED IL SASSOFERRATO | The Virgin in Prayer

The canvas has been relined. The tension is relatively tight, but the canvas is sane and stable. The paint layer has no lack and no paint lift visible, it is dirty and covered with a dirty varnish. The paint layer has been very overpainted. Most of the repainted parts are covering, and mostly located on the face and in the lower part, especially on the Virgin's hands which have been very repainted, as well as her coat. With the UV light, the reading is rendered difficult due to covering repainted parts on most of the work. In a painted wood frame imitating tortoise scale.
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We are grateful to Mr François Macé de Lépinay for his opinion after inspection of the actual painting.