Lot 52
  • 52

Cleto Luzzi 19th/20th Century

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Cleto Luzzi
  • The admirer
  • signed and inscribed Cletro Luzzi/ Roma lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 22 1/2 by 15 3/4 in.
  • 57 by 40 cm.

Provenance

Sale: Sotheby's, Sussex, June 2, 1993, lot 494
Sale: Christie's, South Kensington, December 20, 1995, lot 154
Sale: New Orleans Auction Galleries, May 17, 1997, lot 397


Condition

Canvas is tautly lined, possibly laid down on board. The surface is pressed, although there is some inpasto left. Under UV light: dark varnish; some inpainting on the man's scarf, a few touch-ups at lower left and at lower right corner and to the first two letters of the signature.
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