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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 7052905, member: 79705"]If you follow the auction house link, they have very high res photos. The construction is at least 1800s. Stretchers look like they dealt with some worms. They also have a lot of shop notations which make me wonder if it was re-stretched in a shop later.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree the faces, feet, etc. are not masterfully done. Seems like what passed for apprentice work then, and they didn't always sign things. "No. 8" is interesting, suggesting there were a series. Definitely something a curatorial expert would need to look at.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 7052905, member: 79705"]If you follow the auction house link, they have very high res photos. The construction is at least 1800s. Stretchers look like they dealt with some worms. They also have a lot of shop notations which make me wonder if it was re-stretched in a shop later. I agree the faces, feet, etc. are not masterfully done. Seems like what passed for apprentice work then, and they didn't always sign things. "No. 8" is interesting, suggesting there were a series. Definitely something a curatorial expert would need to look at.[/QUOTE]
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