Lot 764
  • 764

French School, circa 1810

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • French School, circa 1810
  • A cavalry skirmish
  • oil on canvas
  • 17 3/8 by 23 1/8 in.; 44.1 by 58.7 cm.

Provenance

Howard W. Hayes Collection
Mary Vanderpool Pennington;
By whom gifted to The Newark Museum in 1949 (acc. no. 49.618).

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is lined. Surface in generally good condition; very dirty old varnish with possible signs of smoke exposure. Stable craquelure throughout under varnish. Under UV: dots and dashes of inpainting in foreground and near lower right edge; signs of older inpainting at horizon line. Remainder of canvas under old varnish which fluoresces green.
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