Lot 668
  • 668

Jean Béraud

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Béraud
  • L'Italienne
  • signed and dated upper right: J. Beraud / 1873.
  • oil on canvas
  • 16 by 12 3/4 in.; 40.6 by 32.4 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection
Sale: Christie's, London, June 16, 1995, lot 133
Sale: Drouot Richelieu, Paris, June 18, 1997, lot 12
Private collection (and sold: Drouot Richelieu, Paris, March 31, 2000, lot 27)

Literature

Patrick Offenstadt, Jean Béraud, 1849-1935, The Belle Époque: A Dream of Times Gone By, catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1999, p. 288, no. 392, illustrated in color p. 8

Condition

Oil on canvas, lined. The picture surface is in generally good condition aside from flattened, fine craquelure. Under UV light, there are a few minor retouchings in the lower right corner. There is a horizontal line of retouching 3 in. long extending from just above the figure's left hand towards the right edge. There is also an area of retouching in the background 2 inches above this line.
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