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Lot 148
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Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Konstantin Makovsky
  • Portrait of an elegant lady
  • signed in Latin l.r.
  • oil on panel
  • 46.5 by 37.5cm., 18 1/4 by 14 3/4 in.

Condition

The panel is sound. There is layer of discoloured varnish and surface dirt. Fine lines of paint shrinkage in places. UV light reveals a layer of opaque varnish and a few small flecks of retouching. Held in a painted plaster frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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