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 REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE RESTORER

This integrity of the artist’s painterly technique remains well preserved despite a degree of surface abrasion to the darkest passages. A sensitive conservation treatment is recommended to improve the structural stability and visual appearance.

Support:
The canvas has an historic open weave re-lining, or possibly a contemporaneous double canvas. It retains a good tension, overall, with a minor dent from the front [in the lower right quadrant] and a small, restored loss, supported with an old patch in the central lower edge. The stretcher was recently treated for woodworm activity, which is now dormant.

Paint layer:
The paint has been applied in varying densities of brushstrokes over a red ground layer. The drawing and texture of the brushwork remain in a very good state of preservation. Natural ageing is evident in the increased transparency of some of the thinnest glazes and in the fading of a blue paint in the sky.

Varnish:
Ultra-violet fluorescence examination reveals a dense layer of aged varnish with scattered minor restoration and flecks of retouching applied to reduce the appearance of the abrasion.

Frame:
The carved and gilded frame remains in a reasonable condition.