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Claude-Joseph Vernet
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description
- Claude-Joseph Vernet
- A coastal scene with fishermen in the foreground
- signed and dated lower left: J. Vernet. f. 1781.
- oil on unlined canvas
Provenance
Etienne Bignou, Paris, 1924.
Literature
F. Ingersoll-Smouse, Claude-Joseph Vernet, peintre de marine, étude critique et catalogue raisonné, Paris 1926, vol II, p.34, cat. no. 1073, reproduced, fig. 263, plate CXXI.
Condition
The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.
This painting is unlined and still on its original stretcher. The paint layer is slightly cracked, but this is not unstable or disturbing. There has been no abrasion or paint loss to the picture. It seems that the only retouches may address some of the most visible cracks in the darker colors in the lower center and lower right. The condition is extremely good.
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"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."