Lot 447
  • 447

Attributed to Jean-François Millet called Francisque Millet

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-François Millet
  • Wooded mountainous landscape with travelers on a track, a villa beyond
  • oil on canvas
  • 24 7/8 by 29 7/8 in.; 63.2 by 75.9 cm.

Condition

The canvas is lined. The surface is pressed, craquelure throughout. Under UV, there is a thick, green flourescing varnish. Inpaint throughout the sky; smaller areas and dots throughout the trees at left and the lower half of the work, including an area directly below the buildings at the top of the hill.
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