Marc Antoine Bilcoq

Vente Un amateur du Faubourg Montmartre, Paris, Me Lebrun, 3 mai 1790, lot 80 (acquis par Guillaume Jean Constantin, 60 Livres) ;
Collection Thibaudeau, avant 1857 (d'après Mireur voir op. cit. infra.)

H. Mireur, Dictionnaire des ventes d'art faites en France et à l'étranger pendant les XVIII et XVIIIe siècles, Paris, 1911, vol. 1 p. 230

To the naked eye: Both paintings appear in very satisfactory condition. Both are painted on an oak panel made of a non-cradled plank. The two panels are perfectly flat and the painting is very stable. We do not notice any uplift. On the portrait of a little girl we notice some very fine craquelure slightly open, especially on the lower part and on the right. Under U.V. light: We notice traces of an old green varnish. Both paintings have been partially unvarnished, especially the portrait of a little girl. We do not notice any restoration.
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