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Lot 222
  • 222

Charles Gomien

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Charles Gomien
  • Portrait de la Comtesse de Durfort
  • signed Charles Gomien lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 55 by 46cm., 21¾ by 18in. (oval)

Condition

Comtesse de Durfort: Original canvas. Under UV light there are some possible thin lines of retouching addressing craquelure. There are hairlines of craquelure, notably in her bust and to the left of her head. The surface of the work is dirty and it would benefit from a light surface clean. Held in a simple gold-painted wood frame.
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Catalogue Note

together with a portrait of a Lady wearing a crescent, late 19th century, signed and dated A. DREUX / 1896 lower right, pastel on paper, with an illegible inscription in ink on the back together with a paper label written by the Princesse de la Tour d'Auvergne Lauraguais and dedicated the work to her daughter the sitter, 53 by 43cm., 21 by 17in. (oval) and a portrait miniature of the Duchess de Boudeauville,