Lot 40
  • 40

Circle of Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Francisco de Goya
  • Portrait of a nobleman
  • oil on canvas, unframed
  • 6 by 5 in.
  • 15.2 by 112.7 cm.

Condition

Lined canvas. The paint surface is thin on the figure's face and on the red ground; a 2 inch vertical repair at lower right. Under UV light: retouches to the face, hair, the repair and the surrounding area on the jacket; a larger area of inpainting on the red ground above the figure.
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