拍品的状况可能存在极大差异，而由于其性质使然，拍品难以处于完美无瑕的状态。拍品均以拍卖时的状况出售。

The canvas has been relined and retains a good tension on its stretcher. The paint surface is a little dirty and the varnish has somewhat discoloured. Some rubbing is visible along the edges of the canvas, no doubt associated to historic frame abrasion. Isolated spots of discoloured retouching are visible to the naked eye, the most conspicuous being to an old repaired damage in the sky, upper centre.
Examination under ultraviolet light is largely obscured by the old vanish but does reveal a few areas of retouching in the sky and to the architecture, lower left.