Lot 155
  • 155

Alcide-Joseph Lorentz b. 1813

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Alcide-Joseph Lorentz
  • Saint Sebastian
  • signed J. Lorentz upper right
  • oil on canvas
  • 98 by 59 in.
  • 249 by 150 cm.

Provenance

Vanderbilt Collection, Newport, Rhode Island, until 1982

Condition

Wax lined. The work is in fairly good condition given the size. There are a few small repaired tears to canvas, move visible at center of left edge. Other repairs are not immediately visible, but are smaller touch-ups to paint loss. Under UV light: scattered inpainting to the figure's chest, close to the neck, and to his thighs. A larger area of inpainting along both sides of his left arm.
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