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Lot 170
  • 170

Emilian School, 16th Century

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Portrait of a Gentleman and a Boy at Prayer
  • oil on panel, a fragment, unframed

     

Condition

The single vertical panel appears to have previously been part of a larger panel which was cradled. There is an old batten mark on the reverse. The paint surface is damaged in many places. There are several areas of paint loss. Inspection under UV light reveals some retouchings. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

The panel would once have been part of a larger altarpie♏ce commissioned by the donors whose portraits we find in the present fragment.