Lot 177
  • 177

Luigi Monteverde b. 1843

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Luigi Monteverde
  • A Chance Meeting
  • signed L. Monteverde, inscribed Lugano and dated 1886 lower right; signed L. Monteverde, inscribed Davesco P. Lugano on the reverse
  • oil on canvas, unframed
  • 19 1/4 by 12 5/8 in.
  • 48.8 by 32 cm.

Provenance

Acquired in Switzerland by the grand-father of the present owner, 1973

Condition

Canvas not lined. Three small repairs with corresponding patches on the reverse (at center right and upper center). Widely spaced cracquelure, more pronounced in lower half and upper left. Under UV, no apparent inpainting.
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