In restored condition. Relined, cleaned and revarnished. Slight stretcher shadow. Varying sized essentially stable craquelure – most evident throughout the sky. Reasonably limited retouching to essentially all edges. Sporadic and fine infilling to some old craquelure within the sky, mostly contained to the left-hand side. Odd further small patch of retouching and infilling within the sky approx. 3rd of distance above the horizon to far left side – approx. 10 in total none being more than 1cm in diameter with some additional general overpainting. There are two clusters of retouches immediately above the boats at horizon level on left-hand side and a further cluster approx. 8cm just left of these. Small loss within the sea below the left-hand side of shipping vessel on left hand side of the painting approx. 1cm in diameter. Some delicate retouches and infilling within the sky, between the mast of the ship and the castle, in addition to some of the masonry of the castle and the shadows and definition of the rock at the base of the castle. Small circular patch of retouching/overpainting at the end of the buoy attached to the prominent ship just right of centre and is approx. 1cm in diameter. Most likely some general strengthening throughout the sail of this ship. Patch of later paint at horizon level around the seagull towards lower right-hand corner and some further general strengthening to essentially darker tones of figures and sea etc… Retains fairly good degree of brushwork and impasto. Light surface dirt and discoloured varnish.

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