Lot 74
  • 74

Anne Vallayer-Coster

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
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Description

  • Anne Vallayer-Coster
  • Nature morte au vase de fleurs, nid d'oiseau et bourse
  • Signé au milieu à gauche M. Vallayer 1780 / 81?
  • Huile sur toile, ovale

Provenance

Collection de la vicomtesse de Courval

Literature

M. Roland-Michel, Anne Vallayer Coster, Paris, 1970, p.127, n°71;
E. Kahng et M. Roland-Michel, Anne Vallayer Coster, Dallas Museum of Art, 2002, p.207, n°62

Condition

The painting is overall in relatively good condition. It has been relined, a bit too strongly, there is about fifty years. This operation has sligthly flatten the painted surface. We can notice a network of cracks, visible mainly in the background. Those cracks don't interfere the understanding of the work. Under UV lamp: The painting is under a green uniform varnish. There are some light retouching in the entablature and in the ned on the left.
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