Lot 161: Leonard Defrance (1735-1805)

The interior of an inn with peasants seated by a table drinking tea signed with initial 'D.' (lower right, on the barrel) oil on panel 37.3 x 53.8 cm. NOTES Two preliminary drawings (figs. 1 & 2) are recorded: the first, showing the group in the centre at the table and the second showing the two women seated on the left and on the right (both LiŠge, Univeristy Print Room; F. Dehousse, M. Pacco & M. Pauchen, L‚onard Defrance - L'oeuvre peint, 1985, p. 23, figs. 5 and 6).