Lot 779
  • 779

José Jiménez y Aranda

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description

  • José Jiménez y Aranda
  • Sancho Panza and Don Quixote
  • signed Luis Jiminez (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 11 3/4 by 16 1/2 in.; 29.9 by 41.9 cm

Provenance

Howard W. Hayes Collection
Gift of Mary Vanderpool Pennington, 1949

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is lined. Surface is in generally good condition; minor craquelure scattered and minor losses associated with frame abrasions at all extreme edges. Slightly dirty and yellowing varnish. UNDER UV: Two small spots of inpainting in the lower left quadrant, otherwise all covered with a varnish that fluoresces green.
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