Portrait of a man in a turban, bust-length

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The panel is made of three vertical planks joined together, with buttons fixed on the reverse to reinforce the joins. The panel is stable. The picture presents well overall, with a strong tonality and well preserved areas of impasto in the turban and the costume The examination under UV light reveals extensive, rather broad strokes of retouching along the panel joins and to the background, and some scattered retouching to the face, with a more concentrated area of strengthening visible to the chin, beard and neck.