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 relined canvas is held under tension and remains stable. The canvas is covered in an old yellowing and streaky varnish and has experienced abrasion over time particularly in the darker passages of the background. There is some historic restoration in the flesh tones, as well as scattered restoration in the boy’s costume. Ultraviolet examination reveals a thick layer of obscuring varnish with more recent restoration in the whites of the little girl’s apron, headdress and collar, as well as in the whites of the boy’s shirt and the darker passages of his costume. The artist’s painterly technique remains appreciable.
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