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Luigi Manaresi (Italian, 19th/20th Century),After Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755-1842),Copy of Le Bruns Self-portrait

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Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3600TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: April 12, 2021 12:00PM

Description:

Luigi Manaresi (Italian, 19th/20th Century),After Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755-1842)

Copy of Le Brun's Self-portrait of 1790
Signed and inscribed "Luigi Manaresi Copio/Firenze/Galleria degli Uffizzi" on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 38 3/4 x 31 3/4 in. (98.0 x 81.0 cm),in a carved Florentine-style frame with a label from Doll & Richards, Boston, affixed to the reverse.
Condition: Patch reinforcement, retouch, craquelure, surface grime.

Provenance: Collection of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Boston.

N.B. Using the Doll & Richards archive finding aid, we can tell that the work order number C52566 indicates that the painting was in the gallery sometime between mid-June and early October, 1956, although the purpose for its being there cannot be known without accessing the records at the Archives of American Art.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Framed dimensions are 50 x 43 x 2 1/4 inches.

Patch reinforcement on the reverse measures about 2 x 3 1/2 inches overall and corresponds to an area of retouch on the subject's left shoulder. Further areas of retouch include the lower left side of the sitter's cheek and neck, the shadow in and around her right hand, and the lower part of her skirt. Craquelure overall including three horizontal lines along the area of the center stretcher bar. Minor varnish inconsistencies, minor surface grime, and minor accretions.


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