This canvas is relined and the surface has been slightly pressed. The image reads well, but there is some thinness noticeable on the hair, the right shadowed side of the face, and the white drapery. Inspection under UV light shows some scattered thin strokes of retouches throughout her face, chest, and robe, which have become slightly discolored and visible. A delicate restoration will help improve the painting's appearance, though it can be hung in its present state. It is offered in an elaborately carved, gilded frame with some minor nicks.
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This painting is based on a portrait of Isabella d'Este by Giusto Suttermans that is now in the collection of the Banca Popolare di Vicenza.¹ 1. See A. Paolucci, Palazzo degli Alberti: Le collezioni d'arte della Cariprato, Milano 2004, pp. 93-96, cat. no. 30, reproduced p. 94, fig. 30.