RUSSIA/KARELIA, 18TH CENTURY

Protective images and patron saints.Oil on panel.31 × 27 cm.Provenance:
- Swiss private collection.
- Sale Koller, Zurich, 8.12.2020, Lot 6078.
- Swiss private collection.

Condition:
Oil on panel. Panel convex. Verso with two wooden battens inserted in the upper and lower thirds and with remains of a former mounting on the upper and lower margin. Paint surface with a network of craquelure, colour losses and overpainting visible. Nicks and colour losses along the edges.
Under UV: retouchings and retouched craquelure to be seen. Varnish appears in fluorescent green.