ETIENNE-PROSPER BERNE BELLECOUR (FRENCH 1838-1910)

ETIENNE-PROSPER BERNE BELLECOUR (FRENCH 1838-1910)

Reviewing the Plans ,1893
oil on panel
34 x 46 cm (13 3/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
signed and dated lower left

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Oklahoma
Freemans, Philadelphia, 18 June 2013, lot 128
Acquired at the above by the present owner

CONDITION
Observed in frame, the painting appears in good condition. A very mine hairline crack visible to the upper right section of the panel extending from the edge. Inspection under UV light shows scattered retouching to less than 5% of the panel. Retouching to the previously mentioned upper right hairline crack, the foliage to the right of the seated soldier, to the interior of the tent and upper left corner.
framed dimensions: 46 x 59 cm (18 1/8 x 23 1/4 in.)

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Session I: Russian and Asian Art, Antiques and Jewelry, lots 1-331
Session II: European, North and South American, and Ethnographic Art, Antiques, Jewelry, and Design, lots 500-827

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