Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2542BLocation: BostonDate / Time: April 09, 2011 10:00AM
Description:
Italian School, 19th/20th Century
Portrait Head of a Dark Haired Boy
Unsigned.
Oil on panel with a label from Giuseppe Biasutti, Venezia, affixed to the reverse, 12 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. (31.8 x 21.3 cm),framed.
Condition: Retouch, craquelure, frame abrasions, varnish inconsistencies.
Estimate $600-800
Text of the label affixed to the reverse reads, "GIUSEPPE BIASUTTI/Presso la Regia Accademia/ N. 1024 Venezia/Deposito Oggetti/per/PITTURA E ...GNO" A small abrasion on the label erased the letters indicated by the ellipsis, which likely read "Disegno."