Luis Alvarez Catalá Preparation for the Festivities

Luis Alvarez Catalá
Spanish
1836 - 1901
Preparation for the Festivities

signed and inscribed L. Alvarez/ ROMA (lower left)
oil on canvas
canvas: 26 1/2 by 35 3/4 in.; 67.3 by 90.8 cm
framed: 44 1/4 by 35 in.; 112.3 by 88.9 cm

Condition Report:
The canvas is unlined. The paint surface is stable and in good condition. Patterns of craquelure upon close inspection. Under UV light, spots of retouching beneath the signature at lower left; careful inpainting to areas of craquelure in the figures; small area of retouching beneath the basket at right; spot of retouching to the left swag of the curtain.
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Provenance:
Sale: Hôtel de Ventes Horta, Brussels, 11 October 2010, lot 185