JULES BRETON | UNE SARCLEUSE

Property from a Private Western Collection
JULES BRETON
French
1827 - 1906
UNE SARCLEUSE

signed Jules Breton and dated 1883 (lower left)
oil on canvas
18¾ by 22⅞ in.
47.6 by 58.1 cm

Condition Report:
The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.:

This work is in excellent condition. The canvas has an old lining. The paint layer is clean and attractively varnished. There is a small retouching in front of the right hand of the figure, and another small spot in front of her forehead. There are a few tiny dots of retouching between the head and the sun. Some of the original paint in the figure reads darkly, but this does not correspond to retouching. The work should be hung as is.

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Provenance:
Dr. Samuel Pozzi, Paris (acquired directly from the artist, June 1883)

Charles Edward Ballard, French Lick, Indiana

Private Collection (by descent from the above)

Acquired from the estate of the above