LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

canvas: 49½ by 40¼ in.; 125.7 by 102.2 cm.

Description:

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Markings:

bears a later added and misspelled signature lower right: Dalh

Condition:

framed: 57 by 48 in.; 144.8 by 121.9 cm. The canvas is thinly lined and taut on its stretcher. The image reads strongly beneath a crisp varnish, and there are no instabilities to the painted surface. Some areas of thinness are visible particularly in the shadows and the darker tones of the background, as consistent with age and the relining process, although there are areas where the artist's thick and loose brushwork is still-well-preserved, such as in the white highlights of the sitter's costume. Inspection under UV reveals a somewhat milky varnish. There are a few small spots of retouched restorations scattered here and there in the background, for example to the right of the dog's head in the lower right, with two spots in the sitter's costume near the center of the lower edge. Some thin and very fine strokes of cosmetic retouching attending to the weave of the canvas are visible in isolated spots in the figure, with some in her face, upper chest, and costume. Some additional fine, thin strokes here and there in the background, including an area in the shadows of the landscape at center left. Some additional very few small spots of retouching only here and there, such as in the ear of the dog. The painting is ready to hang in its present condition. Offered in a giltwood frame.

Provenance:

Anonymous sale, London, Bonhams, 6 December 2017, lot 54: There acquired.