Lot 214
  • 214

Nathanaël Schmitt

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Nathanaël Schmitt
  • PUTTO FEEDING A STRAWBERRY TO A BIRD
  • signed Nathanael Schmitt, and inscribed Roma (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 35 by 25 5/8 in.
  • 89 by 65 cm

Condition

Good condition, unlined, finely patterned craquelure visible, small area of paint slightly wrinkled on right cheek; under UV: dot of inpainting along cupid's left arm, otherwise no inpainting apparent.
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Catalogue Note

Nathanaël Schmitt was the brother of the portraitist Guido-Philipp Schmitt who lived and painted in England from 1859 to 1896. It is believed Schmitt completed the present work during his time in Rome from 1872 to 1880.