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Henri Pierre Picou

Love Taken Prisoner

1885

Oil on canvas

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Description

Henri Pierre Picou (French, 1824-1895)

Offered in a gilded and carved wood frame with applied ornament

Dimensions

Height: 31 inches / 78.74 cm
Width: 24 inches / 60.96 cm
Frame Height: 42 inches / 106.68 cm
Frame Width: 34 inches / 86.36 cm

Signature

Signed and dated Henry Picou/ 1885. (lower left)

Provenance

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 1998, lot 93

Exhibition

Paris, Salon, 1885, no. 1886, as Sans soucis (possibly)

Condition Report

The canvas is unlined and slightly loose on its stretcher. The paint surface is stable and in good condition; light layer of surface dirt.

Minor frame abrasions to edges and seam separation at corners

Under UV light, minor spots of retouching to the tree at center between the groups of figures as well as to the figure playing the harp, and to the right of the figure embracing the tree; minor spot of retouching to the putti's chest; scattered minor spots of retouching in the upper right quadrant and to aforementioned abrasions.

Art Period

19th Century

Movement/Style

Classicism

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