Lined, original tacking margins removed. All keys present, slightly lacking in tension. A slight lumpy surface to the canvas visible in reflected light (see images) possibly from the lining process. The painting is loose in the frame, and all original edges are visible, revealing scuffs and losses (both restored and unrestored) at all edges.

There is a largescale brittle age craquelure in passages, mostly present as long diagonal cracks particularly to the sky either side of the head, and in the red sash. These are only slightly raised, and all appear secure (see images in reflected light).

One indentation approx 3cm diameter from an impact to the left of the shoulder, which has cracked the varnish. There are a few scattered larger losses in the sky, with filling and slightly discoloured overpaint, and scattered small, minor unrestored losses (see images). Possibly some minor abrasion/wear in the beard with associated retouching. Due to the opaque varnish, it is difficult to see the darker passages of the sky.

The paint layers of the bottom of the red sash have sustained some damage possibly from liquid. Darker disrupted spots sit above the belt, and flaking of the upper paint layers in vertical bands below the belt. There are futher white drip marks in the varnish that run to the bottom of the painting (see images). This damage has not been restored.

There is a patch, uneven surface gloss (see images in reflected light), with the upper varnish layer partially broken up becoming opaque and whitish in places, following largescale brushstrokes presumeably from the application of the varnish by brush.

There are scattered further drip marks particularly to the bottom portion of the painting, tiny white flecks to a patch of the sky top left, tiny black deposits on the face (see images), and a layer of surface dust and dirt and a scattering of cobwebs.

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