Léon-Jean-Basile Perrault

Ottana Read (and sold, her estate, Christie's, New York, May 22, 1990, lot 32, illustrated, as A Mother with her Sleeping Child)
Kurt E. Schon, Ltd., New Orleans
Private Collection (acquired from the above, 1992)
Acquired in 2009

This work is in original unlined condition. The surface presents well and remains bright. There are a few areas of very minor, finely patterned crauqelure across the picture surface, and minor frame abrasion scattered along the edges. Under UV: old varnish fluoresces green. The darkest pigments in the mother and the baby's left hand have been reinforced. Additional inpainting to address prior frame abrasion visible at the edges.
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