TADDEO DI BARTOLO | THE ENTOMBMENT

TADDEO DI BARTOLO
Siena 1362/3 (?) - after 1422
THE ENTOMBMENT

tempera on panel, gold ground
13 by 13⅜ in.; 33 by 34 cm.

Renowned Art Dealer Fabrizio Moretti and The Strokes' Fab Moretti Collaborate

Condition Report:
The following condition report has been provided by Karen Thomas of Thomas Art Conservation LLC., 336 West 37th Street, Suite 830, New York, NY 10018, 212-564-4024, info@thomasartconservation.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.

A typical age-appropriate craquelure exists, with some mild cupping following the cracks; the paint appears stable. Restoration, which appears to be fairly recent, is not visible under normal light, but can be discerned clearly with UV illumination. Retouching has been applied to visually reduce the appearance of cracks in passages where the craquelure distracts from the modeling, and to address scattered losses and typical age-related wear across the picture. Some contours are reinforced, including strands in the hair of the hair of the central figure with his back to the viewer and the figure with upraised arms to his right. While the halos appear to have been reinforced with gold leaf, wear in the gold background has been left alone. The varnish is clear with an even gloss. The wood panel support, comprised of a single horizontally grained board, appears to retain its original thickness and displays a mild vertical convex warp. Strips of wood approximately 1cm wide have been nailed into the panel around the perimeter, presumably to aid in framing. This picture shows no need of treatment and may be enjoyed in its current state.

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Provenance:
Private collection, Florence.