Description:
Continental School, 19th/20th Century
Copy of Velázquez's The Adoration of the Magi. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 52 1/8 x 33 in., framed. Condition: Minor paint losses, areas of craquelure with lifting at l.r. corner, scattered minor abrasions, small dimple to u.c., surface grime.
N.B. The original painting by Velázquez is now in the collection of the Prado.
Estimate $200-300
Framed dimensions are 55 x 36 in.
An arc of feather-like craqulure measuring 16 inches from the Madonna's hands down into the brown cloak of the foreground king.
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