Attributed to Nicolas Mignard d'Avignon (Troys 1606-1668 Paris)
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
oil on canvas
66.2 x 49.1cm (26 1/16 x 19 5/16in).
Footnotes:
Provenance
Sale, Bonhams, London, 30 April 2014, lot 83
Private Collection, UK

Unexamined out of frame.
The canvas has been relined. The varnish is relatively clean.
The blue of the Virgin's drapery have discoloured.
Restoration can be seen to the sky, upper right.
Inspection under UV light reveals a band of restoration around the edge of the canvas. There is an area of restoration to the neck of Saint Catherine (approximately 12 x 14cm.), an S-shaped area of restoration to the legs of the Christ Child (approximately 14 x 5cm.), three areas of restoration to His right arm (the longest being approximately 1.5 x 3cm.), infilling to the craquelure throughout the face of the Virgin and to much of Saint Catherine's hand and the limbs of the Christ Child. There are four small areas of restoration to His face (each approximately 1 x 1cm.), an area of restoration to Saint Catherine's forehead (1.5 x 1cm.) and an area of restoration to the sky (approximately 2 x 10cm.), along with further infilling and small areas of restoration also to the sky. Further areas of infilling and small areas of restoration are scattered throughout.