Lined, original tacking margins removed as can be seen where exposed at the top, right and bottom edge from the face. One key missing, lacking in tension, minor splits to corners of lining canvas. Some slight pressing of impasto from lining process.

A finescale brittle age craquelure throughout, all stable and no elevation. Most apparent in the paler passages, flesh, drapery, hair. Some passages of cracking slighly opened, possibly drying cracks. One minor unrestored loss to the original edge a the upper right edge, an approx. 3inch scuff to the bottom of the fur stole, a small white loss to the bottom edge, a 1cm loss to the back of the neck and a tiny loss in the hair (all unrestored).

There ia very thick old very discoloured varnish layer, which has degraded and broken up. It has flaked off in small patches throughout, and scatters the light making it very difficult to see what condition the original paint is in underneath, particularly in the darkest passages. The flaking yellowed varnish has left the paler passages with a mottled appearance, and the darks fairly obscured. It is likely that there are some further minor losses and possibly some abrasion in the dark areas. There has been some abrasion in the lighter passages, particularly to the curls of the hair, and the hand. There is no restoration visible on top of the thick old varnish, and it is not possible to see if it lies over an older campaign of restoration. However, the surface doesn't suggest that there has been a history of flaking or loss. Possibly some minor reinforcing in the hair.

The surface has an fairly uneven surface gloss, and there might be an upper varnish layer on top of the broken up one, and a layer of dirt, dust and cobwebs.

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