Lot 56
  • 56

Cesare Félix Georges dell'Acqua 1821-1904

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Cesare Félix Georges dell'Acqua
  • The Japanese guide
  • signed Cesare/ Dell'Acqua lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 47 1/2 by 33 in.
  • 120.7 by 83.8 cm.

Provenance

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, May 23, 1985, lot 234
Sale: Christie's, New York, May 24, 1990, lot 192

Literature

F.Firmiani, F.Tossi, "Il pittore Cesare Dell'Acqua 1821-1905, fra Trieste e Bruxelles", 1992 n. 451, illustrated

 

Condition

Lined canvas. Scattered vertical craquelure with a line across her nose and mouth; some pigment separation on her collar; minor accresion to paint at center left. Under UV light no apparent inpainting.
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