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。

The panel is approximately ¹⁄₈ inch thick and is supported on the reverse with a cradle-like system consisting of three horizontal bars running along the upper and lower edges and across the center, and three vertical slats, which are jammed. The panel bows slightly concavely from top to bottom. Two horizontal cracks are visible on the reverse at upper left and approximately 5 inches from the lower edge, respectively. Under natural light, the varnish is clear but somewhat yellowed. A horizontal crack is visible running across the center of the panel. Additional cracks are seen along the upper edge, as well as one running from the center to the right edge, across Isaac’s eyes, and one running from the center to the left edge, over Jacob’s hip. A 2 inch area of lifted paint is visible near Jacob’s right foot and additional lifting is visible on Rebekah’s head. Scuffing is visible at the corners of the panel. Ultraviolet light does not easily penetrate the varnish, though strengthening is visible to the architecture behind Rebekah, to the background around Isaac’s body, and to the right side of his pillows, as well as in the areas surrounding the cracks. The painting would benefit from conservation by an old masters conservator.