Alexis Joseph Mazerolle L’Atelier du peintre

Alexis Joseph Mazerolle
French
1826 - 1889
L’Atelier du peintre

signed and dated J. Mazerolle. 1853 (center left)
oil on canvas
canvas: 36 3/4 by 43 1/4 in.; 93.3 by 109.8 cm
framed: 25 3/4 by 32 in.; 65.4 by 81.2 cm

Condition Report:
The canvas appears to be lined. The paint surface is unstable in the lower right corner, with associated losses, and some scattered losses around the bottom of the easel and the painter's feet, and to the left of the easel. There is a pattern of craquelure. The varnish is slightly soiled. Under UV light, opaque layer of varnish fluoresces green; retouching to all edges; some scattered inpainting around the central figures (to the right of her face) and throughout the composition.
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