A Young Girl reading a Musical Score; A Young Girl playing with a Bird, also called the Song and the Turtledove, Louis Jean François Lagrenée

From a French private collection
Louis Jean François Lagrenée
Paris 1725 - 1805
A Young Girl reading a Musical Score;
A Young Girl playing with a Bird, also called the Song and the Turtledove

A pair, both oil on canvas, oval
(i) 81,4 x 64,9 cm ; 32 by 25½ in. ; (ii) 81,6 x 65 cm ; 32⅛ by 25½ in.
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Appartenant à une collection particulière française
Louis Jean François Lagrenée
Paris 1725 - 1805
Jeune fille lisant une partition;
Jeune fille caressant un oiseau, dit aussi le Chant et le Tourterelle

Huile sur toile, ovale, une paire
(i) 81,4 x 64,9 cm ; 32 by 25½ in. ; (ii) 81,6 x 65 cm ; 32⅛ by 25½ in.
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Condition Report:
A Young Girl reading a Musical Score
The painting is in good condition.
It has been relined, slightly stiff.
It seems to be sound and stable.
The paint layer is in good condition.
It does not seem to show any visible loss or uplift.
The impastos are well preserved.
The varnish layer is slightly oxidized and yellow.

Under UV light
A few minor strokes of retouching appear in the red drapery, in the left elbow of the model, on her breast above the white drapery, as well as a few minor and small strokes of retouching in her right temple and on her right shoulder.
Other minor areas of retouching can be observed in the sky.

A Young Girl playing with a Bird, also called the Song and the Turtledove
The painting is in good condition.
It has been relined, slightly stiff.
It seems to be sound and stable.
The paint layer is in good condition.
It does not seem to show any visible loss or uplift.
The impastos are well preserved.
The varnish layer is slightly oxidized and yellow.

Under UV light
A few minor areas of retouching appear scattered throughout the surface.
In the lower part of the composition, a scratch of circa 10 cm can be seen in the red drapery.
A folding in the shape of a bridge, circa 15 cm, appears along the lower left edge.

Offered with oval gilt wood frames.
Please note that Sotheby's does not guarantee the condition of the frame.

Jeune fille lisant une partition
Le tableau est en bel état de conservation.
Il a fait l'objet d'un rentoilage.
Le support est sain et stable.
La tension de la toile est un peu dure.
La couche picturale est en bel état.
Elle ne présente ni manque, ni soulèvement apparent.
Les empâtements sont encore bien visibles.
Le vernis est légèrement oxydé et jaune.

À la lampe UV
Quelques repeints mineurs apparaissent dans la draperie rouge, au niveau du coude gauche du modèle, sur sa poitrine au-dessus de la draperie blanche, ainsi que quelques petites retouches de faible importance au niveau de sa tempe droite et de son épaule droite.
D'autres retouches de très faible importance sont visibles dans le ciel.

Jeune fille caressant un oiseau, dit aussi le Chant et le Tourterelle
Le tableau est dans un bel état de conservation.
Il a fait l'objet d'un rentoilage.
Le support est sain et stable.
La tension de la toile est un peu dure.
La couche picturale est en bel état de conservation.
Elle ne présente ni manque, ni soulèvement apparent.
Les empâtements sont encore bien visibles.
Le vernis est légèrement oxydé et jaune.

À la lampe UV
Peu de retouches apparaissent ; elles sont de faible importance et se trouvent à divers endroits.
Dans la partie basse, une éraflure de 10 cm environ est visible dans la draperie rouge.
Une pliure en forme de pont, d'environ 15 cm, apparaît le long du bord inférieur gauche de la toile.

Vendus dans des cadres ovales en bois doré.
Veuillez noter que Sotheby's ne garantit pas l'état des cadres.

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Provenance:
Executed in Rome when resident at the Académie de France (1750-1754);

Anonymous sale, 10 August 1803, lot 126 (titled Deux filles vues en buste);

With Harari & Johns, London, 1991;

Anonymous sale, Monaco, Christie's, 14 June 1996, lot 38;

Where acquired by the present owner.

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Peints à Rome au cours des années de pensionnat de l'artiste à l'Académie de France (1750-1754) ;

Vente anonyme, 10 août 1803, lot 126 (sous le titre Deux filles vues en buste) ;

Galerie Harari & Johns...