After PIETER LELY

(Soest 1618–1680 London)Portrait of a lady.Oil on copper.71.5 × 54 cm (oval).Provenance:
Private collection, Switzerland.

Our thanks to Prof. Karen Hearn for her assistance with this catalogue entry.

Condition:
Oil on copper, with 8 holes along the edges, probably from a former mount. Paint surface with superficial soiling. Older retouching and smaller scratches are visible in places. Slight colour abrasions along the edges.
Under UV: some retouching on the nose of the sitter as well as further small retouching on the figure and in the background. Varnish fluoresces irregularly greenish.
Dimensions with frame: 85.8 × 68 cm.