Lot 482
  • 482

Follower of Thomas Gainsborough R.A.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Thomas Gainsborough R.A.
  • Portrait of a lady holding a spaniel
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

With Acquavella Galleries, New York;
From whom acquired in 1938.

Condition

The canvas has been relined. The paint surface is under a thick and yellowed varnish and has been rather pressed in the aforementioned relining. Overall, however, the figure reads well and presents a decorative image. Under UV light: it is difficult to see anything through the old varnish. There is some retouching to the hair, but otherwise nothing else is visible through the varnish. Offered in an elaborately carved and gilt wood frame.
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