Lot 75
  • 75

John Opie 1761-1807

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • John Opie
  • Portrait of the Artist's Mother
  • oil on canvas
  • 30 1/4 by 25
  • 77 by 63.5 cm.

Provenance

Sale: Christie's, London, November 25, 1977, lot 103
Thomas Agnews & Sons Ltd., London
Acquired from the above

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy Exhibition of the Works of the Masters, 1881

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: overall good retention of pigment; while darks in background are sunk-in, sitter's face is lively and brushstrokes look quite fresh UNDER UV: hard to see through old varnish in background--there are scattered storkes of inpainting in background; face looks clean
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