Lot 617
  • 617

Jan Frederik Pieter Portielje

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Jan Frederik Pieter Portielje
  • A Song Sweetly Sung
  • signed Portielje (lower left); inscribed Je soussigné déclare/ avoir peint le/ tableau ci-contre/ Anvers/ Portielje (on the reverse)
  • oil on panel
  • 29 3/4 by 23 1/2 in.; 75.5 by 59.7 cm.

Provenance

World's Fair, New York, 1939
Mrs. Russell Schulman (acquired at the above and gifted to the present owner in 1980)

Condition

Oil on panel. Picture surface: frame abrasions along the edges. Small scattered losses in the green background at upper center; also below tablecloth lower left; 1 inch from the chair back on the right; 1 inch in the purple dress. Losses associated to the flattened craquelure. Under UV: inpainting along the edges and minor small, scattered spots throughout.
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