Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2754BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 11, 2014 10:00AM
Description:
Continental School, 19th Century
Portrait of a Bearded Gentleman in a Fur-trimmed Robe
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 19 5/8 in. (60.0 x 50.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, restored tears, craquelure, surface grime.
N.B. The portrait at hand seems to be a copy after Titian's Self Portrait, c. 1652, at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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