Lot 823
  • 823

Francesco Zuccarelli

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Francesco Zuccarelli
  • Landscape with the angel appearing to Hagar and Ishmael;Landscape with Tobias and the Angel
  • a pair, both oil on canvas

Provenance

Jacques Antoine Blanc (born 1771);

Jonas-Philipp Hagerman (1774-1839), Château de Malmaison;

Thence by descent to his great-niece Madame Charles Froissard (née Mathieu).

Condition

The canvases have old relinings which are still effective and have not flattened the paint surface, which to the naked eye appears a little dirty but in very good condition. Some very minor surface scuffs are present, otherwise the works are in very good state, as confirmed by inspection with UV light. The paintings would respond well to a light surface clean. Offered in a carved wooden frames with very minor knocks.
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