Lot 128
  • 128

Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin Latour

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin Latour
  • Saint Catherine's Mystical marriage
  • Oil on canvas
  • 47 x 46 cm ; 18 1/2 by 18 1/2 in.

Provenance

Paul Tesse Collection, Douai

Exhibited

Exposition de l'œuvre de Fantin-Latour, Ecole nationale supe'rieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, May-June 1906, p. 51, n°133

Literature

Victoria Fantin-Latour, Catalogue complet de l'oeuvre de Fantin-Latour, Paris, 1911, p. 51, n°374

Condition

Thin craquelures appear on the surface. Under UV light, a few repaints are visible : around Jesus' head, on Sebastian's haed, on Marie's mantle and face, on Catherine's drapery, and a few repaints are scattered on the surface and the borders. Good overall condition.
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Catalogue Note

This painting, executed ca. 1869, is a copy after the famous composition by Correggio, kept at the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
The painting will be delivered to the buyer with the authentication letter which was written by the Galerie Brame & Lorenceau on February 3rd 2017 and will be listed in the catalogue raisonné in preparation.