Lot 364
  • 364

Attributed to Fedot Vasilievich Sychkov

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Fedot Vasilievich Sychkov
  • Portrait of a lady
  • bears signature in Cyrillic and date 12 l.r.
  • oil on canvas laid on board
  • image size: 38.5 by 24cm., 15 1/4 by 9 1/2 in.

Provenance

Sotheby's 19th December 1996 lot 93

Condition

The canvas has been laid on board. Original canvas, the upper half of which is slightly undulated. There is a layer of light surface dirt. UV light reveals an opaque layer of uneven varnish and retouching to the top left corner, to small areas of the background and to the sitter's neck. Held in a wooden frame with plaster mouldings. Unexamined out of frame.
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