Lot 135
  • 135

Emile Eisman-Semenowsky, 1857-1911

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Emile Eisman-Semenowsky
  • Portrait of a Fair Beauty
  • signed in Latin and dated Paris 1882 l.r.
  • oil on panel

  • 33.5 by 24cm., 13¼ by 9½in.

Condition

The panel is sound. The paint surface is fairly clean. The UV light reveals an uneven layer of varnish and areas of retouching, though the varnish prevents conclusive analysis. Held in a gold painted plaster frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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