Lot 19
  • 19

Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Konstantin Makovsky
  • Portrait of a Priest
  • oil on canvas
  • 66 by 50.5cm, 26 by 19 3/4 in.

Condition

Original canvas. There are frame abrasions with associated paint loss along all four edges. There are surface scratches in places. There is a layer of surface dirt. Inspection under UV light reveals several areas of retouching, notably to the priest's kalimavkion and to several areas around his chain. Held in a gold painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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