Lot 538
  • 538

Follower of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.
  • Portrait of Lady Greville
  • oil on canvas laid down on panel, oval
  • 30 1/4 by 24 1/4 in.; 76.8 by 62.2 cm.

Provenance

Probably Arthur Braun, Pittsburgh;
Thence by descent to his daughter, Mrs. Paul B. Ernst, Pittsburgh;
By whom given to Carnegie Museum of Art, 1978 (Inv. no. 78.10.12).

Condition

Oil on canvas laid down on panel. The surface is flat and slightly abraded, especially in the background. Scattered dots of discoloration. Abrasion along the upper edge of the canvas. Shiny varnish. Under UV light, there is a thick green varnish.
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