Fine Paintings & Sculpture

Description:

George Loring Brown (American, 1814-1889)

Panorama of Florence
Signed and dated "Geo. L. Brown 1887" l.l., titled in an inscription on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 34 x 60 in. (86.3 x 152.4 cm), framed.
Condition: Punctures, tears, flaking, craquelure, varnish discoloration, surface grime.

Provenance: A Massachusetts educational institution.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Condition: Three punctures, first lower left quadrant measures 5 x 4 cm, second center of the canvas measures 4 x 4 cm, third upper left quadrant measures 2 x 1 cm. Area of flacking located lower left quadrant measures 35 x 66 cm. Craquelure located mainly in the sky portion and in the trees in the right foreground.
Frame dimensions: 43 x 69 in.


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