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Ludolf Backhuysen Dutch, 1631 - 1708 Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast, 1667 oil on canvas, 114.3 x 167.3 cm (45 x 65 7/8 in.) Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund 1985.29.1 |
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Conservation Notes
The painting has been lined with the tacking margins trimmed. No reduction of the picture plane has occurred. A cream-colored ground, which covers the fine-weight, plain-woven support, is visible through the thinly applied paint. Thin, fluid, opaque paint layers are blended wet into wet with minimally impasted highlights and finely drawn paint lines in the rigging. The paint condition is excellent, with losses confined to the paint edges and only minor abrasion. Discolored varnish and retouchings were removed when the painting was restored in 1985.| « | back to gallery | » | continue tour |