CARLO FRANCESCO NUVOLONE | HEAD OF A WOMAN LOOKING DOWN, BUST LENGTH

Property from the Collection of Stan Battat
CARLO FRANCESCO NUVOLONE
Milan 1609 - 1662
HEAD OF A WOMAN LOOKING DOWN, BUST LENGTH

inscribed on the reverse: Panfilo Vechio
oil on panel
12½ by 10⅞ in.; 31.7 by 27.6 cm.

Condition Report:
The panel consists of a single plank and is slightly convex on the left side (from obverse) and is stable. A portrait image reads well with some accretions in the varnish, mostly along the bottom edge, but these are not distracting. Under UV inspection, a vertical repair to a crack runs from the top edge to the forehead, about 3 inches long. Retouching is visible in small strokes throughout, especially in the shadows and background, but these mostly follow the wood grain and are not distracting to the naked eye. The painting can hang in its present state. Offered in a decoratively painted and carved red and giltwood frame.

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Provenance:
Private collector, United States;

By whom anonymously sold, New York, Sotheby's, 5 June 2008, lot 7;

There acquired.