The canvas has been relined. The paint surface is secure and clean under a glossy varnish. There is a 7 cm horizontal restored damage running across the canvas to the left of the Doge's head and the darks of the background show signs of wear. Inspection under UV light reveals some retouching work to the aforementioned areas and some scattered other retouchings elsewhere most notably in the white ermine cloak and face. Offered in a later carved gilt wood frame in good condition if a little rubbed.
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The present portrait was painted around the time of Doge Renier's ascension in 1779. As the penultimate doge of Venice, he ruled until 1789. The portrait can be compared with Gallina's three-quarter length portrait in the Correr Museum in Venice (see C. Donzelli, I pittori veneti del settecento, Florence 1957, p. 96, plate 131).