Lot 65: ACHILLE ETNA MICHALLON PARIS 1796 - 1822 ITALIANATE LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES ON A PATH NEAR RUINS

signed and dated Michallon/ 1819 lower center

oil on canvas

Condition Note: Lined canvas. The surface is in good condition but slightly thinner in the sky; clean varnish; pressed craquelure. Under UV light: craquelure filling in the right half of the canvas with two larger spots, one at center, the other at upper right; inpainting along the bottom and upper edges.

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PROVENANCE

With Didier Aaron, Inc., New York

15 1/8 by 18 1/8 in.<br><br>38.4 by 46 cm.