FOLLOWER OF ANDREA SACCHI (Italian, 1599-1661). PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, oil on canvas - 29 1/2 in. x 24 in. Estimate $2,000-3,000
Lined. Fine craquelure throughout, with area of small losses in back of chair to left of his collar. Area of bloom in varnish at bottom of hand and surface scratch in lower right corner. Uneven varnish. UV: Some finely-done vertical inpainting in color, few dots in face, and areas of inpainting along top and right edge. Two small areas inpainting to right of hand and few minor scattered in background.
