Édouard-Jean Dambourgez

Private Collector, Paris (acquired directly from the artist, his great-grandfather)

Lined; under UV: 2 inch line of inpainting along 4 edges, inpainting to address C-shaped repaired that extends from hook of cheese box at right edge to through metal container in lower right corner, also extends down side of her skirt, 5 inch by 8 inch area of inpainting inside of aforementioned tear, some spots of inpainting beneath larger area, lines of painting to address paint separation to left of the boxes of cheese at right edge, inpainting above woman in back right corner's nose, in her right hand, spots of inpainting above ceramic containers in upper right corner, one inch spot of inpaitning around her lip, a few lines of inpainting outlining the bottom of her apron, dots and dashes of inpainting through the eggs, including vertical line at top of eggs, inpainting to address craquelure in lowest shelf, spot of inpainting at the top of the lowest shelf on left, dots and dashes of inpainting to background in upper left corner.
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