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Sat, Sep 14, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 849

Jean Baptiste Madou

Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000

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(Belgian, 1796-1877)Le trouble-fˆte (scŠne Flamande de la fin du XVIIIŠme siŠcle), after the 1852 work held by Le Mus‚e royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, signed on chair lower right "Madou", oil on canvas, 41-1/2 x 50-1/2 in.; possibly original fine gilt wood and composition frame, 56-1/4 x 74 in.Note:ÿJean Baptiste Madou is considered one of the most important Belgian genre painters of the 19th century. Le trouble-fˆteÿwas exhibited along with another painting at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1867 and is considered one of his masterpieces. It was acquired directly from the artist by The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium. This duplicate composition may be a copy executed by the artist for another patron. Provenance: Property From an Important Tennessee Living Estate

Condition

original stretcher and tacking edge, patched with related scattered retouch, canvas slightly loose, wax residue verso; frame with minor losses, restorations, separationsÿ

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