MARIE GUÉRIN | PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN

MARIE GUÉRIN
French
19th Century
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN

signed M Guérin and dated 1874 (lower left)
oil on canvas
canvas: 28¾ by 23¾ in.; 73 by 60.3 cm
framed: 36¼ by 31⅛ in.; 92 by 79 cm

Condition Report:
Unlined. Widely patterned craquelure throughout surface. Seven patches are visible on the reverse at lower left and right and upper right quadrants, the largest approximately 2 by 2 inches. Under UV: Inpainting to address aforementioned patches, lines of inpainting in face and hands to address craquelure, additional dots and strokes in her costume, dots and lines of inpainting in upper background and a larger concentration of strokes at the upper right suggesting the work was once framed as an oval or with a curved top.