Sale 1232
| Chicago
| Chicago
Estimate$5,000 – $7,000
Provenance:
R.B. Myatt, 1947
Mark Ostrer, 1959
Frost & Reed, London
Sold: Christie's South Kensington, London, November 15, 2012, Lot 83
Sutcliffe Galleries, Harrogate, England
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014
Framed: 48 1/2 x 46 inches.
Minor deposits of surface dirt and dust; canvas is lined; slightly discolored and unevenly applied varnish along the upper edge, as well as spots of inpainting visible under raking light; very faint horizontal stretcher bar lines extending through the center, only visible under raking light; stable areas of craquelures scattered throughout; one vertical crack to paint along the center left edge; minor areas of overcleaning scattered within the darker passages; pinpoint white paint droplets scattered through lower half. Under UV light: inpainting scattered throughout the sky, as well as in the upper left corner; one spot of inpainting in center of left-most tree trunk; a possible vertical repaired tear with inpainting in lower left corner; inpainting under and around the white horse's jaw and neck; selective cleaning to the varnish visible throughout, primarily in the darker passages. Please request images.
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Madalina Lazen
VP Head of Department, Old Masters & 19th Century European Art