Lot 88
  • 88

Charles Chaplin

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Description

  • Charles Chaplin
  • Venus with Putti
  • signed Ch Chaplin (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 35 by 23 3/4 in.
  • 88.9 by 60.3 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, Long Island, New York

Condition

Unlined, repaired vertical tear visible along upper right edge, dent in upper left corner, craquelure throughout putti and some of girl's dress, L-shaped repaired tear visible in left putti's leg, L-shaped repaired tear visible to left of girl's head; under UV: varnish fluoresces unevenly, aforementioned repaired tears fluoresce.
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Catalogue Note

This work may date from the 1840s. It is reminiscent of the subject and style of paintings by Narçisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña, and Jean François Millet from this period.