Lot 73
  • 73

Louis Joseph Watteau, dit Watteau de Lille

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Louis Joseph Watteau, dit Watteau de Lille
  • Le marchand ambulant;Le marchand d'étain
  • Signé en bas à gauche F. Watteau / 1779
  • Huile sur panneau, une paire

    Louis Joseph Watteau, called Watteau de Lille ; The peddler, The tin merchant ; Oil on panel, a pair ; Signed and dated lower left

Condition

To the naked eye: The paintings are in overall very good condition. They are painted on oak panels made with one non cradle plank. On the reverse of one of the panel there is a mark of an old support piece of wood. They have a slightly dirty varnish. Beautiful texture and impasto. Under UV lamp: Some traces of green old varnish. On one of them we remark a restoration along the right edge (due to the friction of a previous frame).
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