Lot 302
  • 302

Luigi (le Raphael des Raisins) Monteverde Swiss, b. 1843

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Description

  • Luigi (le Raphael des Raisins) Monteverde
  • The New Arrival
  • signed, dated and inscribed L. Monteverde 1881 / Lugano l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 54 by 70cm., 21¼ by 27½in.

Provenance

Acquired by the late owner at the Dorotheum, Vienna, in the 1960s

Condition

Original canvas. There are some spots of retouching to the top left corner, the two steps, along the upper edge, in the top right corner and around the water tank visible under ultraviolet light. Apart from some scattered craquelure and a small spot of paint loss in the upper right corner, the work is in good overall condition. Held in a simple wooden frame.
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