Portrait of a young boy, half-length, in a ruff 'à la confusion' - a fragment

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。

This panel is a fragment of a larger work and appears to have has been recently restored. It is inset into a new panel and remains stable. Ultraviolet examination reveals restoration to two large, vertical parallel cracks that run through the centre of the panel. Running through a part of the sitter’s face, they do however miss the main portions of his features (centre of the eyes, lips and nose) and rather run alongside the right eye and through the cheek. A large restoration at the top of the cracks is visible and further extensive restoration is visible along the lower edge of the panel. There are a few other small areas of isolated restoration. The artist’s painterly technique and masterful application of paint remains highly appreciable and presents very well overall.