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date 1658 very distinct. Above the
head ^The Lord 'Diligentia di Paticutia'?? is just
discernible but fortunately was put in
but faintly by Rembrandt so as not
to interfere with the general effect.
There is a certain amount of
old and dried bitumen varnish over
the right hand part of the picture
i.e. in the darker shadows, but with
revarnishing this would not show badly.
On the whole the conditions though
not absolutely impeccable is good. The
flattening of the hand is the only
serious damage.
date 1658 very distinct. Above the
head ^The Lord 'Diligentia di Paticutia'?? is just
discernible but fortunately was put in
but faintly by Rembrandt so as not
to interfere with the general effect.
There is a certain amount of
old and dried bitumen varnish over
the right hand part of the picture
i.e. in the darker shadows, but with
revarnishing this would not show badly.
On the whole the conditions though
not absolutely impeccable is good. The
flattening of the hand is the only
serious damage.
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