19th century, signed and indistinctly dated lower right: G. Marritini ***, oil on canvas laid to canvas, framed in an elaborate hand carved and gilt wood frame, 28.5'' H x 31.25'' W, est:$8000/10,000. Note: Inscribed verso on the center stretcher bar: Giuseppe Marri (tini) Firenza via della *iala '95. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Orange County, CA

Visual: Stable craquelure, stretcher bar creases and paint shrinkage throughout. Remounted to newer stretcher bars. Blacklight: Evidence of touch-up to address craquelure and stretcher bar creases scattered throughout the background, throughout the torso and arm of the figure of Mary and a few other minor scattered spots on the figures. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL