Giacomo Nani, Italian 1698-1770- Dead birds in wooded river landscapes, and Flowers and ducks in wooded river landscapes; oils on canvas, a suite of four, 51x76cm., ea., (4) In matching ebonised bolection frames with gilded sight. All canvases have been relined at the same time onto new stretchers, roughly second half of the 20th century It may have been that all the canvases were rolled before they were relined and stretched, in line with the the overpainting visible under UV Some have cracquelure visible on the surface of the paint One picture has suffered a loss of paint from the picture, revealing the canvas underneath Most of the pictures could do with a general clean Many have suffered rubbing of paint from the edges of the canvas, against the frames Examination Under UV Canvas with extra image no: 73 - Flowers in urn with landscape in the background Discolouration throughout and could do with a general clean overpainting and crease visible - predominantly in the middle of the picture, both vertical and horizontal lines Possible water damage top left corner and along the left hand edge Canvas with extra image no: 73-1 Ducks in the foreground with dead tree in right hand corner Horizontal scratch lower left corner, approx. 4cm long Losses of paint round the edges of the canvas due to rubbing Discolouration of paint noticeable in the sky Faint vertical scratch top left corner approx. 5cm Indentation/small scratch far right edge overpainting mainly in the sky region, between the trees and along the top edge of the canvas In addition overpainting in the water near the bottom edge of the canvas Canvas with extra image 73-2 Dead birds in the centre of the image under a tree Extensive overpainting - with 5 vertical lines the full height of the canvas, implying it was once rolled before being stretched and overpainted. Overpainting top right corner. Craquelure throughout. Discolouration especially in the sky region. Canvas with extra image 73-3 Birds by a basket lower left of the picture with landscape behind Signed lower right hand corner Like the other paintings it has been rolled at some point, and then re-stretched with vertical lines down the canvas, and along the edges - as seen under UV, which have been blended into the original painting. Not recently re-varnished, appears to be relatively old varnish hue on all paintings, as seen under UV. Some pictures have visible vertical lines, which protrude out of the canvas when viewed in daylight. Overall in good general condition.