JULES-ÉMILE SAINTIN | LE LEVER

Property from an Important Private Collection
JULES-ÉMILE SAINTIN
French
1829 - 1894
LE LEVER

signed E. SAINTIN and dated 1867 (lower left)
oil on canvas
51¾ by 38⅝ in.
131.5 by 98 cm

Condition Report:
The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.:
Not examined out of the frame. This work is in very good condition overall. The canvas is lined. The original texture to the paint is still quite lively. The painting may be slightly dirty, but the retouches that have been added are well applied and it is not recommended that they be removed. The grey background is in beautiful condition. There is a vertical line of retouches on the extreme left edge, which does not extend to the corners, but does run through the striped blue fabric on the left. The head and neck of the figure are in very good state, with only a few retouches to cracking in the forehead. In the torso, a few cracks in the right bicep, breasts and stomach have been retouched. A few other cracks have been retouched in her left forearm and elbow. The most concentrated area of retouching is the legs, where cracks have been retouched in the entire left leg and in the right inner thigh. The white sheet to the left of the figure has cracks that have been retouched, but the bed linens beneath and to the right of the figure show no retouches except for a few between the torso and the elbow. There are a few retouches in the heel of the slipper, and the inside of the basin in the lower left also shows a few retouches. The cracking to the paint layer is not unexpected, and it is recommended that the work be hung in its current state.

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Provenance:
Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie, Paris (acquired from the Salon des Artistes Français in 1867)

Empress Eugénie, Paris (by 1873 and sold, her sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 21, 1881, lot 84)

Eugène Stahl, Paris (acquired at the above sale)

Sale: Orléans, November 20, 1982

Thomas Agnew & Sons, London

Acquired from the above in 1983