St Agnes

Surface:

• slightly dusty

• two whitish-matt drips on the dress - one on the lower half and the other above

Varnish:

• glossy - presumably a recent application

• yellowish remnants in the recesses

• fine network of cracks

• damage caused by the rebate of the frame, particularly on the right

Paint layers:

• adhesion to the ground/support is generally good - except in the sky

• large fills and retouches

• numerous small losses over the entire painted surface

• drying cracks - particularly in the red dress

• some isolated larger cracks in the paint layer

• fine network of cracks over the entire surface

Support:

• concave warp

Frame:

• the members have a coved profile and measure 80 mm in width, guilded

• the corners and the sides are damaged

• areas in relief are abraded

• very patchy

[Condition report, Claudia Eger, Ferdinandeum 2005]

Limewood laminated onto a wooden auxillary support (fir): 93.2 x 41.5 cm

The original panel was thinned with a plane and attached to a new wooden panel. The paint layers are in a bad condition and extensively overpainted. A triangular piece has been added to the top left corner.

[Condition report, Ludwig Neuhauser, Ferdinandeum 1982]

The extensive, rough overpaint was for the most part removed. Disturbing losses were filled and retouched. Regeneration. Final varnish: synthetic resin.

[Conservation report Ludwig Neuhauser, Ferdinandeum 1982]