Lot 189
  • 189

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña Bordeaux 1807 - Menton 1876

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
  • Le malefice
  • signed N. Diaz lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 13 by 9 3/4 in.
  • 33 by 25 cm.

Provenance

Galerie Boussod-Valadon et Allard, Paris
Gallery Daniel Grossman, New York
Arthur Tooth&Sons, New York, 1905
Sold: Parke-Bernet, New York, March 3, 1940
Sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, February 11, 1981, lot 20

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Martinet, 1860-1861

Literature

Pierre and Roland Miquel, Narcisse Diaz de la Peña, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre paint, Paris, 2006, p. 338, no. 2073, illustrated

Condition

Canvas not lined. Surface in good condition; clean varnish. Under UV light: touch-ups on the head dress of the left figure; a horizontal line of inpainting at center of canvas across the two women's skirts.
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