Pierre-Antoine Quillard

With Wildenstein Arte, S.A., Buenos Aires, by 17 May 1948 (as by Jacques de Lajoue, according to a label on the reverse)
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 5 June 1986, lot 90
Sotheby's New York, June 3, 2010, lot 70

Rosario, Argentina, Wildenstein Arte, S.A, 13-25 September 1948.

Canvas is relined and surface has been slightly pressed in some areas. There are some retouches around the edges of the canvas, possibly due to abrasion from a prior frame. A few minor retouches in the sky are present, and in the figure group at right. Most are cosmetic, and there appear to be no major areas of loss or damage. There are some areas in the lower half of the composition which have thinned somewhat, most of which is isolated in the background, and to a lesser degree in a couple of figures in the lower half of the composition. In a carved wooden frame.
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