Lot 69: Rene Pierre Charles Princeteau

French, 1844-1914
THE DUKE OF AUMALE'S HUNT IN THE FOREST OF CHANTILLY
Inscribed indistinctly (ll)
Oil on canvas
27 3/4 x 39 5/8 inches (70.5 x 100.6 cm.)

Provenance:
Galerie Schmit, Paris
Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia
Private Collection, United States
Acquavella Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Connecticut

Exhibited:
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Exposition Rene Princeteau, Chevaux et Cavaliers, March 1965, no.21

Dirty varnish. Frame rubbing. Visible stretcher marks. Spots of inpainting scattered along the frame rubbing and in the top half of the sky. No further apparent restoration. Faint remnants of a signature are visible under UV light - lower left corner.