Lot 114
  • 114

François-Auguste Biard

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • François-Auguste Biard
  • Triomphe d'un ténor dans une matinée musicale
  • signed l.r.: Biard.
  • oil on canvas
  • 53 by 65cm.; 21 by 25½in.

Condition

Original canvas. There is a heavy but even layer of craquelure over the painting's surface, but the work is in overall good condition. Ultraviolet light reveals that all potential retouching is obscured by a heavy, even varnish. Held in a decorative, gold-painted moulded plaster and wood frame.
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