DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER | A flute player in profile

The small panel is cradled, flat and stable. The paint surface is slightly dirty, and the varnish relatively clear and even. There is a tiny area of frame abrasion upper left, and retouching visible to what was probably also another area of frame abrasion just to the right of this. There appear to have been some vertical surface splits, none of which seem to extend the entire height of the panel: two run from the centre of the upper and lower margins to the centre of the panel, and a further one a quarter of the way from the left margin running up from the lower margin to the centre. Fine lines of retouching are visible along these. Inspection under ultraviolet light is somewhat impeded by the varnish which fluoresces opaquely, but it confirms the aforementioned vertical lines of retouching, as well as a small area of retouching in the background above the flute player's hands. There are also some small spots of retouching scattered in the protagonist's hair and hat, as well as what appears to be a small spot in the nose of the man on the right. None of these impede the legibility of the painting, which is ready to hang.
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