Louis Béroud
An Elegantly Dressed Copyist at the Louvre
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Louis Béroud
French
1852 - 1916
An Elegantly Dressed Copyist at the Louvre
inscribed, signed and dated à mon cher M Moslon./ son très dévoué:/ Louis Béroud. 1898. (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 25½ by 21½ in.; 64.8 by 54 cm
framed: 34½ by 30¼ in.; 87.6 by 76.8 cm
The canvas is unlined. The paint surface is stable and in good condition. The entire composition is quite thinly painted and there is faint frame abrasion at the upper edge. Under UV light, a few touches of inpainting to the framed painting at upper center and in the wall at left.
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