拍品 200
  • 200

ALCIDE-THÉOPHILE ROBAUDI | The fencing lesson

估價
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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描述

  • The fencing lesson
  • Signed and dated lower left A Robaudi'87
  • Oil on canvas
  • 174 x 108 cm ; 68 1/2 by 42 13/28 in.

來源

Acquired by the grandparents of the presents owners at the end of the 1940s

展覽

Salon des artistes français, Paris, 1887, n° 2045, illustrated in the catalog p.154

Condition

Good overall condition. Under UV light : a large repaint on the model's left sleeve. Several repaints on the edge of the trousers, and some tiny repaints on the calf, of the left leg. Some small repaint scattered on the surface. In its beautiful original frame.
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拍品資料及來源

Robaudi was inspired by subjects taken from historical novels, and exhibited his works at the Paris Salon since 1874. Today, he is mainly known as the illustrator of Alexandre Dumas, George Sand, and Honoré de Balzac.