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。

This canvas has a wax lining and is secure on a keyed strainer. The lining canvas is visible along the lateral edges of the painting when unframed, and some pooled wax from the lining process is apparent. A handful of pinprick losses are visible across the canvas, the largest of which is in the right side of Francis’s hood, and measures 0.5 x 0.25 centimeters. In the thinly painted areas of the skull at lower right and in Francis’s cloak, a pencil grid is visible beneath the painted surface. Under ultraviolet light, some pigments in the darkest areas of the composition fluoresce. The painting presents well and may be hung in its current state.