One panel, chamfered on all sides, and with one hole in centre of panel (see images). The panel is loose in the frame which has caused minor abrasion of the surface layers at the edges. No splits visible, and a flat even profile.

There is a fine scale craquelure to the thicker passages of the sky largely in the central portion of the painting and above the trees. All flat and secure with no apparent history of flaking.

There are several scattered losses 0.5 to 1cm in the sky, filled with a slighly yellow material and then retouched (retouching slighly discoloured).

There has been a history of abrasion/wear to upper paint layers throughout, with associated retouching and reinforcing (see images). The retouching is slighly opaque and discoloured in places. For example in the sky, the dark underlayers are showing through, which have been partially supressed with small brushstrokes. See also the bay horse which has been reinforced, and around the head of the largest grey horse (see images). The darker areas have had the upper layers worn too, leaving a slighly mottled appearance. There are bands of retouching at each side of the panel.

There is are tiny scattered matt drips, but largely a good even varnish. The trees on the left look slightly milky, possibly residue of an earlier varnish.

Examined in frame

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