Auction: Discovery - 2466Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: July 15, 2009 2:00PM
Description:
Eastern European School, 18th/19th Century
Lot of Two Depictions of Saints: S. Honorato Monge. and S. Agaton P.
Unsigned, titled within the compositions.
Oil with gilt on canvas, 15 x 12 in., framed.
Condition: Scattered retouch, craquelure, surface grime.
Estimate $300-400
Both lined, with fine craquelure, subtle canvas deformations and varnish inconsistencies; Agoton with scattered dashes of retouch beneath the varnish layer ; Monge with thin washes of retouch beneath the varnish layer, primarily to monk's robe.