Lot 169: EUGÈNE ANTOINE SAMUEL LAVIEILLE 1820 - 1889

THE PICNIC

measurements
32 by 25 3/4 in.

alternate measurements
81.3 by 65.5 cm.

signed Eug. Lavieille (lower left )

oil on canvas

Condition Note:

Lined canvas. Surface in good condition; widely-speced craquelure throughout; clean varnish. Under UV light: a large area of inpainting at upper right quadrant, on the trees in foreground and at right of them; retouching along the edges.

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