The following condition report is provided by Hamish Dewar who is an external specialist and not an employee of Sotheby's: The circular panel is laid onto a secondary support. There are several old horizontal splits which are stable. There is a relatively even but discoloured varnish layer. There are scattered fine lines of craquelure. Inspection under u-v light shows retouchings corresponding to the splits including running through the figure and other small scattered retouchings. Overall the painting is in good condition.
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We are grateful to Professor Filippo Todini for proposing a possible connection to the circle of Bartolomeo della Gatta (1448–1502), such as the Aretine painter Matteo Lappoli (1450–1504).¹

1. See L. Bellosi, in N. Baldini (ed.), La bottega di Bartolomeo della Gatta : Domenico Pecori e l'arte in terra d'Arezzo tra Quattro e Cinquecento, Florence 2004, pp. 89–90.