Lot 56
  • 56

Follower of Nicolas de Largillière

Estimate
3,500 - 4,500 USD
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Description

  • Nicolas de Largillière
  • Portrait of a Lady, said to be Marie-Elisabeth Le Fèvre de Caumartin
  • oil on canvas
  • 25 1/2 by 21 1/4 in.
  • 65 by 54 cm.

Condition

Lined canvas. Paint lifting to the background around the figure; pressed surface, under a dark varnish; very fine craquelure. Under UV light: extensive craquelure filling to left half of facel scattered small areas of inpainting in the background with a larger one at center right.
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