Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2517BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 24, 2010 12:00PM
Description:
Paul Charles Emmanuel Gallard-Lepinay (French, 1842-1885)
View of Saint Mark's Square, Venice
Signed and dated "E. Gallard-Lépinay 1873" l.r.
Oil on canvas, 18 1/2 x 25 3/4 in. (47.0 x 65.4 cm),in a frame liner.
Condition: Lined, signature partially reinforced, retouch, craquelure.
Estimate $800-1,200
Retouch, primarily to sky areas, with the largest area of retouch to the u.r. quadrant measuring approx. 4 x 2 1/4 in. (in a cross shape, located to the left of the sails),"E. Gall" within the signature reinforced, varnish inconsistencies to the l.l. quadrant, may benefit from a cleaning.