Edgar Degas Sainte Ursule, copie d'après Antonio de Solario

Edgar Degas
1834 - 1917
Sainte Ursule, copie d'après Antonio de Solario

pencil and white chalk on paper
84 x 40,5 cm; 33⅛ x 16 in.
Executed circa 1857.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau.
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Edgar Degas
1834 - 1917
Sainte Ursule, copie d'après Antonio de Solario

crayon et craie blanche sur papier
84 x 40,5 cm; 33⅛ x 16 in.
Exécuté vers 1857.

L'authenticité de cette œuvre a été confirmée par la Galerie Brame & Lorenceau.

Condition Report:
Executed on cream wove paper, fully laid down and floating in the overmount. The edges have been cut and there are nicks, tears and losses to the extreme edges. There are further losses to the sheet in places including to three of the four corners and some of these losses have been infilled. The lower left corner has been replaced. There are several repaired and infilled tears to the sheet, the most prominent of which include horizontal lines to the upper part of the sheet and a vertical line running through the centre of the lower half. The sheet is time stained. There are surface stains in places. This work is in overall fair condition.

Provenance:
Léonce Mauguer

Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20 December 1934, lot 4 (consigned by the above)

Alphonse Bellier (acquired at the above sale and by descent)

Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 13 November 2009

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner