Lot 115
  • 115

Andrei Franzowitch Belloli, 1822-1881

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Andrei Franzowitch Belloli
  • Portrait of a Lady
  • signed in Latin l.l. and dated 1861
  • watercolour, gouache and charcoal on paper
  • 44 by 34.5cm., 17¼ by 13½in.

Condition

The sheet is discoloured and lightly stained in some places, e.g. the left and right edges. The sheet also shows minor signs of foxing. There is a tear at lower center (apprx. 4 cm.) and a minor loss at lower left. The left and right edges are slightly creased or torn, and there is one pinhole on either side. Held in a gold painted wood frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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