CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY)
PORTRAIT OF COUNT LEO TOLSTOY
Oil on canvas laid to panel
Inscribed with the sitter's surname in Russian (lower centre)
40.5 x 29.5cm (15¾ x 11½in.)
Unframed

Condition Report:
There are some losses of paint to the edges and corners of the trompe l'oeil frame, notably to the top and bottom of right hand edge. There is an orange paint drip mark in the upper right-hand quadrant (approx.2.5cm long), and some very minor spots of pigment to the paint's surface. An area of retouching to the sitters beard in the lower left quadrant is revealed under UV light.
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