Fleury-François Richard

Galerie Eric Turquin, Paris

The painting lies on its original canvas. Small light scratches are visible in oblique and horizontally in the upper part of the painting and in the lower part. One crack marks the beginning of a matter lift in the lower part - the same phenomena is visible in two other places in the lower part. The colors are warmer in reality. One can observe minor material loss scattered on the surface and especially on the left. Under UV light, small repaints are scattered alongside the borders. Two small traces of paint appear clearer on the vault. Good general condition. The visual is slightly too yellow in the catalogue compared to the canvas.
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Cette oeuvre est à mettre en rapport avec une autre vue de la crypte de Saint-Irénée à Lyon, conservée dans une collection particulière et reproduite dans le livre de Marie-Claude Chaudonneret, Deux artistes lyonnais, Pierre Revoil, Fleury Richard, Paris, 1980, p. 86 n°64, sous le n°87.