Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2513Location: BostonDate / Time: July 10, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
Continental School, 18th/19th Century
Lot of Two Paintings of a Courting Couple: The Surprise and The Embrace
Unsigned, both with numbers incised on the reverse.
Both oil on metal (possibly zinc or tin),sizes to 10 x 8 1/2 in. (25.7 x 21.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Abrasions, surface grime.
Estimate $400-600
Surprise with an abrasion u.l. quadrant., and incised "222" on the reverse. Embrace is incised with the number "221" on the reverse.