拍品的狀況可能存在極大差異，而由於其性質使然，拍品難以處於完美無瑕的狀態。拍品均以拍賣時的狀況出售。

The small single-piece oak panel is held under tension by a cradle on the reverse and remains stable. The artist has painted in expressive strokes using the ground layer of the panel, with numerous historic scratches visible across the surface, which do not impact the narrative detail of the painting. Some scratches are visible in the centre of the panel, visible in the illustration, and in the lower left, with restoration along the edge of the panel associated with frame wear. Ultraviolet examination reveals more recent restoration to the whites, particularly in the central figures and dog, and in some of the highlights and low lights in the lower and upper centre.