Lot 325
  • 325

Mosè Bianchi Italian, 1840-1904

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Mosè Bianchi
  • Girls with Fruit Baskets in a Landscape
  • signed ABIANCHI l.l.; signed with initials and numbered 26 on the reverse

  • oil on board

  • 35 by 50cm., 14 by 20in.

Provenance

Juan and Felix Bernasconi (purchased directly from the artist)
Sale: Christie's, London, 27 March 1987, lot 327
Purchased by the present owner at the above sale

Condition

The board is sound. Some of the pigments fluoresce though this does not appear to be retouching. There is a spot of paint loss to the left of the two figures in the distance, otherwise the paint surface is overall in good condition with bright colours and fine texture. Held in a simple gilt wood frame.
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