Lot 42
  • 42

Entourage de Francisco de Goya

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • Portrait de jeune femme, en buste, portant une robe de mousseline
  • Huile sur toile

Provenance

A. Weinberger, Berlin, en 1918-1933;
A. Weinberger, Paris, en 1933-1940;
Spolié par les Allemands en 1940;
Restitué au propriétaire par l'intermédiaire de l'Office Suisse de Compensation, Service de la liquidation des biens allemands, en 1947.

Exhibited

EXPOSITION
Paintings, drawings and prints by Francisco Goya, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, juin-juillet 1937, no. 16;
Exposition à Bâle, Suisse (d'après une étiquette au dos).

Literature

BIBLIOGRAPHIE
A.L. Mayer, Francisco de Goya, Munich 1923, p. 57, abb. 105, reproduit.

Condition

The photography of the catalogue is correct. The painting is in overall good condition. There is a trace of an horizontal fold at one centimeter of the lower edge. The painting is a bit worn in the white drapery. It has been relined (slightly too much) around sixty years ago. Under UV light: The painting is under a green irregular varnish, partially cleaned in the body. There are some restorations very fine done on the foreheard, the chin, the mouth, the eyebrows and around the noise. There are some retouchings in the neck and the chest.
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