Fine Paintings & Sculpture
Description:
After Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)
Copy of the Madonna of Loreto
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 42 3/4 x 34 3/4 in. (108.5 x 88.3 cm),framed.
Condition: Retouch, paint losses, alligatoring, drying cracks, craquelure, varnish inconsistencies, surface grime.
Estimate $700-900
Framed dimensions are 58 x 50 x 6 inches.
The painting is in rough condition may have been exposed to a fire. Condition issues are mainly confined to the background and to Joseph, while the Madonna's face and the infant Christ show relatively little damage. Overall there is extensive alligatoring, craquelure, craquelure with shrinking, flaking, and losses.
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Robin S.R. Starr
Vice President
Director of American & European Works of Art
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Elizabeth Haff
Specialist, American & European Works of Art
Old Masters & 19th Century
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Kathleen M. Leland
Specialist, American & European Works of Art
Modern & Contemporary Art
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James Leighton
Specialist, American & European Works of Art
Fine Photographs
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American & European Works of Art
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