Lot 303
  • 303

Guillaume-Charles Brun French, 1825-1908

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Description

  • Guillaume-Charles Brun
  • La Mendiante
  • signed and dated C. BRUN - 1868 l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 123 by 91cm., 48½ by 35¾in.

Provenance

Purchased by the father of the present owner; thence by descent

Condition

Original canvas. There are a few tiny scattered specks of retouching visible under ultraviolet. Apart from some frame abrasions to the top edge of the work, some signs of faint craquelure and a slightly discoloured varnish layer, the paint surface is overall in good condition. Held in a fluted plaster moulded gilt frame with laureate edges.
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