Fruit and flowers on a partially draped table

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 subject to relining; it is held under tension and remains stable. The texture of the paint has, to some extent, been altered by the relining process. The detail, colour contrasts and the monumental appraoch to compositon remain fully appreciable. In a raking light three main areas of restoration are visible, in the background to the right of the bird at far left, a rectangular patch of approximately 4 x 6 cm. in the vase of flowers, and a strip that runs down the right-hand side, crossing through the squirrel's tail. Examination in UV light is impared by a thick, cloudy varnish. However, the aforementioned restoration to the left of the bird is evidently restoration to a tear in the canvas that extends from the top of the bird's wing to the bottom edge, and there appears to be further scattered retouching. The paint is stable.