Lot 352
  • 352

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña French, 1807-1876

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
  • Lande, Pente d'Apremont avec Sillon de Sable
  • signed N. Diaz l.l.

  • oil on canvas

  • 30 by 45cm., 11¾ by 17¾in.

Provenance

Sale: Galateau-Schoeller, Limoges, 5 November 1989, lot 166
Galerie Chambon, Barbizon

Literature

Pierre and Rolande Miquel, Narcisse Diaz De La Peña: Monographie et catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 2006, vol. II, p. 114, no. 740, catalogued and illustrated

Condition

The canvas has been relined. There are a few scattered spots of cosmetic retouching visible under ultraviolet light, notably within the hillside. There are a few spots of surface dirt, notably in the sky and some areas of craquelure. The work would benefit from a light surface clean. Held in a decorative plaster moulded gilt frame.
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