Lot 28
  • 28

Giovanni Schranz

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Giovanni Schranz
  • HMS Rodney in the Grand Harbour at Valetta
  • oil on canvas
  • 45.5 by 67cm., 18 by 26½in.

Provenance

Commissioned by Admiral Sir George St. Vincent Duckworth King 4th Baronet (1809-1891)
By descent to the present owners

Condition

STRUCTURE The canvas has been relined. PAINT SURFACE The paint surface is in good clean condition; light stretcher marks to the upper and left borders. Clean and ready to hang. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT UV light reveals retouching to an old repair just off the upper border. FRAME Held in later plaster gilt frame in fair condition.
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