Lot 41
  • 41

Jules Émile Saintin

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jules Émile Saintin
  • the last prayer
  • signed l.l.: Jules Emile Saintin 1887
  • oil on canvas
  • 82 by 63 cm.; 32¼ by 24¾ in.

Condition

Original canvas. There are scattered patches of craquelure and some areas of paint sepapration to the white paint of the doors. There is a horizontal stretcher rmark running through the centre. Ultraviolet light reveals specks of retouching to the doors and scattered retouchings mainly to dresses and foreground, under an opaque varnish. Held in an ornate gilded composite frame.
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