‡ GERMAN SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY), PORTRAIT OF A MAN, THOUGHT TO BE A

‡ GERMAN SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF A MAN, THOUGHT TO BE A SELF-PORTRAIT Oil on canvas 75 x 61cm (29½ x 24in.) Painted circa 1824. Provenance: Private Collection, France Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 7 July 1982, lot 36 Private Collection, acquired from the above sale Condition Report: The canvas has been lined and varnished. Very fine craquleure with one or two spots of very minor associated paint flaking to the background, and along the right and left edges. Rubbing and abrasions to the framing edges, including some white scuffing. There is a small area of restoration (approx. 1.5cm diameter) to the right of the sitter's forehead which is visible in a natural light. One or two smaller spots of retouching visible to the canvas in a natural light. Some light surface scratching throughout, together with a deeper scratch (approx. 1cm) to the sitter's black stock. Inspection under UV light reveals scattered retouching and in-filling throughout, including some light strokes to the sitter's face including his eyes and lips. Condition Report Disclaimer, ‡, ‡ GERMAN SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF A MAN, THOUGHT TO BE A SELF-PORTRAIT Oil on canvas 75 x 61cm (29½ x 24in.) Painted circa 1824. Provenance: Private Collection, France Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 7 July 1982, lot 36 Private Collection, acquired from the above sale, GERMAN SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY), PORTRAIT OF A MAN, THOUGHT TO BE A SELF-PORTRAIT, circa, Provenance:, Condition Report:, The canvas has been lined and varnished. Very fine craquleure with one or two spots of very minor associated paint flaking to the background, and along the right and left edges. Rubbing and abrasions to the framing edges, including some white scuffing. There is a small area of restoration (approx. 1.5cm diameter) to the right of the sitter's forehead which is visible in a natural light. One or two smaller spots of retouching visible to the canvas in a natural light. Some light surface scratching throughout, together with a deeper scratch (approx. 1cm) to the sitter's black stock. Inspection under UV light reveals scattered retouching and in-filling throughout, including some light strokes to the sitter's face including his eyes and lips. Condition Report Disclaimer

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