Winter - Cleaned and revarnished. Panel apparently stable and sound. Scattered small sized retouches through sky, presumably to replace old flaked paint. Slightly larger more concentrated patch of retouching right hand side edge which is roughly 3cm in diameter and would appear to be as a result of a fairly fine horizontal crack (probably in line with the grain of the wood). No evidence of more significant repair to reverse of panel. Further fine horizontal crack lower on right hand side in line with the tops of the snow covered trees.

Summer - Cleaned and revarnished. Panel seemingly in a stable state of preservation. Some very fine essentially horizontal craquelure following the grain of the wood. The grey tones of the clouds in the upper part of the sky would appear to have had some general strengthening. A cluster of patches of retouching above and left of the windmill on the left hand side, the largest being approx. 1.5cm by 2cm (although not entirely consistent). Other more minor and very scattered retouches to sky and retouching to upper left hand corner, edges, and a further slightly more notable patch of retouching presumably to repair a horizontal fairly superficial crack to panel slightly above centre, right hand side edge and is approx 2-3mm in width and 1-1.5cm in length.

Both paintings now with fairly light surface dirt and discoloured varnish.

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