拍品 150
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DENIS-AUGUSTE-MARIE RAFFET | Portraits of men, some of them members of the Demidoff family

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6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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描述

  • Portraits of men, some of them members of the Demidoff family
  • Eight are signedOne, situated and dated Ile d'Elbe 15 août 1851One, situated and dated San Donato 22 avril 18... and indistinctly identified Eug. One, identified, situated and dated Octave Saunez (Sauney?) le 27 7bre 1850 San DonatoOne, identified, situated and dated San Donato Juillet 1850 Ch. Deslager (?)One, identified, situated and dated Pierre Dournaris (?) San Donato 1-13 janvier 1857One, situated and dated Bruxelles 7 Décembre 1848One, situated and dated A Gibraltar 7bre 1847 March 79th Regt Cameron HighlandersOne, situated and dated Paris 25 mai 185?
  • Black pencil and watercolor heightened with gouache on paper, nine in a lot, in one frame
  • The largest : 35,5 x 25 cm ; 14 by 9 7/8  in. ; the smallest : 25 x 18 cm ; 9 1/8  by 7 7/8  in.

Condition

The 9 drawings are framed together. Two drawings slightly warp. Some drawings are faded ; some sheets have gotten brown (some more than others) ; some have lighter marks on them (which is visible on the photograph). One of the drawings has a little more stains. Some of the drawings have small foxings. One of them is slightly damaged. Another one has a small scratch. Probably in its original Demidoff frame.
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