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Sat, Sep 13, 2014 09:00AM EDT - Sun, Sep 14, 2014 09:00AM EDT
Lot 821

Attributed to Balthazar Denner

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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(German, 1685-1749) Portrait of a Gentleman in Blue Velvet Coat, signed lower left "Denner/1745", oil on canvas, 30-1/8 x 25 in.; carved and gilt wood frame, lined with paste, restretched on older stretcher, fills apparent, retouch in two periods throughout affecting approximately 10% of surface, flaking at edges, craquelure; frame with abrasions and some minor resurfacing. Provenance: Remnant of old auction description attached to verso lining and likely from Sotheby's or Parke Bernet; Private Collection, Charlotte, North Carolina

Condition

lined with paste, restretched on older stretcher, fills apparent, retouch in two periods throughout affecting approximately 10% of surface, flaking at edges, craquelure; frame with abrasions and some minor resurfacing