Francois Duyk (Belgian, 19th/20th Century), "Horses Watering with Children at Play", 1875, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 39-1/2" x 30". Framed.

Faint craquelure and soiling throughout. Scattered abrasions, accretions and small pinprick-sized losses to lower right and along edges where canvas meets the frame. A pinprick-sized hole in the middle of the canvas in background. Pinpricked-sized discoloration throughout. Whitish accretions left middle. Evidence of past restoration. Scattered areas of inpainting throughout. Unevenness of varnish layer; appears as faint horizontal streaks under UV light.