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Condition: Condition Summary: The painting is very good condition both aesthetically and structurally with no evidence of restoration. Both the bast fiber canvas and wood stretcher are in good condition. The stretcher is period and could be original to the painting. Interestingly it has auxiliary tack holes along the sides that don''t match holes in the canvas suggesting it once held another canvas. There is a corner draw in the ll corner and some abrasion to the paint seen in the upper right buildings that may be part of the artist''s technique. UV investigation suggests that it has a coating of natural resin varnish.


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