Virgin under the apple tree

- an underdrawing executed with a brush is clearly visible; there was a small change made to the position of the Virgin's hand

- the underdrawing consists of short and longer brushstrokes, loose and confident

[Report, Bernd Konrad 1990]

- the panel consists of five boards with butt joints

- a groove is present on all four sides (between 0.3 and 1 cm in width)

- coarse marks from a block plane runnig horizontally across the reverse of the panel

- a barb from the ground has been retained along the right edge

[Condition report , Hessisches Landesmuseum 1989]

• the joins are clearly visible on the front of the panel

• on the reverse the joins were reinforced with strips of canvas (two cover the entire length, two only half the length)

• formerly the panel exhibited three cross-members, that have left marks visible today on the reverse of the panel

• at the left edge the panel has been trimmed slightly, the top and bottom edges are probably original and a barb has been retained along the right edge

• the reverse exhibits a glazed, greyish-green oil coating over the joins

• viewed from the recto the panel exhibits a convex curve

• extensive woodworm damage above all in the lower section of the panel

• at the bottom left edge the groove is damaged, it was considerably weakened by the woodworm damage

• hand palm sized retouching in the sky in the top left corner has darkened considerably

• extensive retouching in the flesh paint

• the edges are in part damaged

[Condition report, Hessisches Landesmuseum 1989]

• the retouching has darkened on a split running down from the top edge of the painting

[condition report, Hessisches Landesmuseum 1980]