Lot 21: NICOLAS-LOUIS-FRANÇOIS GOSSE | Le roi Louis-Philippe recevant l'Ordre de la Jarretière

Huile sur toile, sans cadre

217 x 267.5cm; 85 3/8 by 105 3/8 in

Huile sur toile, sans cadre

The painting is unframed. It has been relined. Under UV light, a few repaints are visible alongside the borders and a few repaints are scattered onthe surface, especially in the background - these are small relatively to the size of the canvas. An important and old tear appears in the lower part of the composition, Z-shapped, by the women's dresses and by the man of the left's red cape, where we can see a repaint. An old tear appears in the background in the upper lest with a more important repaint in the ceiling. Small bubbles appear on the surface due to the relining, two of which are worn.
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Vente de la Succession du duc de Nemours, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10-11 mars 1971, n°15