(Possibly) Baron Carlo Chiarandà, Milan; (Possibly) His sale: Canetta, Milan, May 30, 1939; Giorgio Tozzi, Chicago, Illinois; Private collection, Los Angeles, California.
Lined canvas. Mild frame abrasion at edges. Yellowing to the varnish layer. Faint, finely patterned craquelure throughout. Scattered minor surface abrasions and scratches. A very few scattered small dots of loss. Mild surface dirt and dust. Not examined out of frame due to size.
Under UV: heavily applied varnish fluoresces green, somewhat obscuring the picture surface. An older treatment campaign is faintly visible beneath the varnish, appearing as dots of brushy retouching and strengthening to foliage and ground in the left side of the work, and as finely applied dashes throughout appearing to address craquelure. A more recent campaign fluoresces above the varnish, comprised of a few small dots of retouching in the sky, three small brushy dots in lower left quadrant to the left of the crouched male figure, and a circular brushy area near right edge above the horse's head.
Framed Dimensions 35 X 42.5 X 2.25 Inches