Circle of Jean Baptiste Greuze

PHL

Description additional work: European School, 19th/ 20th Century, Head of an Elderly Man, signed Luini l.r., red chalk on paper, unframed, 282 x 249 mm. Condition reports: Circle of J.B. Greuze, A Portrait of a Woman wearing a Bonnet: all edges glued to paper mount. Scattered brown spots. Crease (approx. 20 cm.) running from the lower edge (5 cm. from the right edge) to the center right edge. Slight surface dirt. European School, 19th/ 20th Century, Head of an Elderly Man: taped to the mount along the upper edge. With the remains of old tape along the edges, only visible on the reverse. Overall in good condition.
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Paleis Het Loo, inv. no. 975
Offered together with a 19th/20th Century drawing depicting An old man, signed Luini.