Lot 71
  • 71

Manner of Sir Peter Lely

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

Description

  • Sir Peter Lely
  • Portrait of a lady
  • oil on canvas
  • 47 3/4 by 40 1/4 in.
  • 121.3 by 102.3 cm.

Condition

Canvas not lined. Canvas is slightly loose in stretcher and buckling at upper right corner. Paint surface is particularly thin at lower right quadrant, otherwise in good condition, except for a few small chips of paint loss in the lower half. Yellowed varnish. Under UV light: no apparent inpainting.
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