Cesare Auguste Detti
(Italian, 1847-1914)
The Concert, 1872
oil on panel
signed Detti, dated, and inscribed Roma (lower left)
15 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches.
Property from the Estate of Michael L. Wilkie, Chicago, Illinois

Frame: 21 1/4 x 27 inches.Moderate deposits of surface dirt and dust; panel is cradled; artwork has slightly slipped out of frame along upper right corner; an approximately 1/2 inch horizontal split to panel in upper left corner, accompanied by minute paint losses; frame abrasions and pinpoint paint losses scattered along the upper and right edges; scratch in upper right corner, above door and a scratch extending from central woman's skirt; faint abrasion extending through upper center, only visible in raking light. Under UV light, two small areas of inpainting in upper left corner, above central figures in tapestry; two small areas of inpainting along right edge; varnish otherwise obscures further viewing of any additional inpainting.