Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2605BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 14, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
European School, 18th Century
Two Bucolic Landscapes
Both inscribed "Litez fecit." l.l. and dated "...May 1790" l.r.
Watercolor on laid paper, 12 1/4 x 15 7/8 in. (31.0 x 40.3 cm),framed.
Condition: Staining, soiling, scattered pigment losses, rippling, taped to window mats.
N.B. Sold for the benefit of the collections of the Smith College Museum of Art.
Estimate $150-300
Work featuring foreground cows has strips of paper added to top and bootm margins, the lower one bearing the inscription and date "...24 May 1790."