LOT #69062 |
Sold on Jun 5, 2025 for: Not Sold
Henri-Pierre Danloux (French, 1753-1809). Portrait of Constantia Foster, seated, with her nephew on her lap (reduction),...
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Not Sold Description
Henri-Pierre Danloux (French, 1753-1809)Portrait of Constantia Foster, seated, with her nephew on her lap (reduction), circa 1793
Oil on canvas
46-3/4 x 38-1/4 inches (118.7 x 97.2 cm)
Signed lower left on the shawl: Danloux FE
Property from a Private Collection, Palm Beach
PROVENANCE:
Christie's, Monaco, December 7, 1991, lot 41;
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
LITERATURE:
Baron R. Portalis, ed., Henri-Pierre Danloux, peintre de portraits, et son journal durant l'émigracion, 1753-1809, Paris, 1910, pp. 101, 388, illustrated in black and white (erroneously identified as an unfinished portrait of Mrs. Ferrières and her son in the collection of M. Gavignot).
Condition Report*:
Thinly lined canvas. A small patch, approximately 2 x 2 inches, applied to reverse of canvas in upper right corner. Minor frame abrasion at edges. Very slight yellowing to the varnish layer. A vertical stretcher bar mark faintly visible at center under raking light. Very faint, finely patterned craquelure throughout. A very few small areas of minor surface abrasion. A few scattered small dots of what appears to be errant white paint, and some pinpoint dots of loss which appear to be stabilized beneath the varnish layer. Minor surface dust. Not examined out of frame due to size.
Under UV: heavily applied varnish fluoresces green unevenly, somewhat obscuring the picture surface. Varnish appears to have been removed in some areas.
Framed Dimensions 54.5 X 46 X 2.5 Inches
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All lots are sold "AS IS" under the Terms & Conditions of Auction.Under UV: heavily applied varnish fluoresces green unevenly, somewhat obscuring the picture surface. Varnish appears to have been removed in some areas.
Framed Dimensions 54.5 X 46 X 2.5 Inches
Auction Info
2025 June 5 Fine European Art Signature® Auction #8206 (go to Auction Home page)
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