A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI POLYCHROME-PAINTED 'TROMPE L'OEIL' ARCHITECTURAL CANVAS PANELS LATE 18TH CENTURY

oil on unstretched canvas; depicting the four elements

Chateau de Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or, Burgundy, France
La Maison Française, Los Angeles

Unstretched. Unlined. Some slight buckling at the edges. Vertical canvas seams slightly visible to naked eye on all four panels. Scattered areas of paint loss where one can see the canvas, but this is more prominent in some panels than others. Varying degrees of water damage to some of the panels, as clearly visible in catalogue images. Differing degrees of scattered losses, a few areas of lifting paint, as well as old fills and repairs visible throughout all four panels. UV light does not reveal anything that is not already visible to the naked eye.
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