LOUIS GABRIEL EUGÈNE ISABEY | ST. HUBERT'S DAY (THE BLESSING OF THE HOUNDS)
Property of St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center, sold to support medical care costs
LOUIS GABRIEL EUGÈNE ISABEY
French
1803-1886
ST. HUBERT'S DAY (THE BLESSING OF THE HOUNDS)
signed Isabey (lower right)
oil on panel
panel: 63⅜ by 47¾ in.; 162 by 121.2 cm
framed: 73½ by 56 in.; 186.7 by 142.2 cm
Condition Report:
This painting is on a cradled panel. There is a visible hairline crack extending from the extreme top right, and there is minor craquellure in the areas of dark paint. Under UV light, inpainting to address craquelure fluoresces throughout, although not in the figures in the lower half of the composition. Inpainting also appears in a vertical line to address a crack extending from the bottom right, and another vertical crack extending from the top at center, and in a spot in the sky, in brushed spots on the steps of the church, and to address frame abrasion.
Provenance:
The artist's studio (and sold, his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, March 30-31, 1887, lot 2)
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris (acquired at the above sale)
George I. Seney, New York (and sold, his sale, American Art Association, February 11-13, 1891, lot 307)
T. C. Farrer (acquired at the above sale)
Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (acquired from Rousuck and sold, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 14, 1976, lot 48)
Acquired at the above sale
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Property of St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center, sold to support medical care costs
LOUIS GABRIEL EUGÈNE ISABEY
French
1803-1886
ST. HUBERT'S DAY (THE BLESSING OF THE HOUNDS)
signed Isabey (lower right)
oil on panel
panel: 63⅜ by 47¾ in.; 162 by 121.2 cm
framed: 73½ by 56 in.; 186.7 by 142.2 cm
Condition Report:
This painting is on a cradled panel. There is a visible hairline crack extending from the extreme top right, and there is minor craquellure in the areas of dark paint. Under UV light, inpainting to address craquelure fluoresces throughout, although not in the figures in the lower half of the composition. Inpainting also appears in a vertical line to address a crack extending from the bottom right, and another vertical crack extending from the top at center, and in a spot in the sky, in brushed spots on the steps of the church, and to address frame abrasion.
Provenance:
The artist's studio (and sold, his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, March 30-31, 1887, lot 2)
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris (acquired at the above sale)
George I. Seney, New York (and sold, his sale, American Art Association, February 11-13, 1891, lot 307)
T. C. Farrer (acquired at the above sale)
Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (acquired from Rousuck and sold, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 14, 1976, lot 48)
Acquired at the above sale
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