Jacques Antoine Vallin

Private collection, New York;
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 2 December 1940, lot 59 (as "Greuze");
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 11 March 1977, lot 26 (as "Circle of Greuze");
Private collection, U.S.A.;
From whom acquired by the present owner.

The canvas is flat and stable with a fresh glue lining and the painting appears to have been recently restored, presenting a good clear image. The paint surface is good and clean with a broad craquelure pattern, though this is not distracting to the viewer. Inspection under UV reveals very fine retouching along the craquelure lines through the flesh, it is not possible however to read the darker background. The painting is ready to hang in its present state and is offered in a carved gilt wood frame.
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In this charming portrait of a young woman, Jacques Antoine Vallin, an artist known for his bacchantes and landscape scenes, appears to be working in a manner influenced by the artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze.