Lot 56: AUGUSTE LÉVEQUE | Bacchantes endormies

oil on canvas

82.5 by 132cm., 32½ by 52in.

oil on canvas

The canvas has been relined. There is some localised, faint hairline craquelure. Ultra-violet light reveals notably a handful of scattered minor spots of retouching to the figures, including a circa 10cm thin vertical repair just below the centre of the composition in a thigh of one of the women (faintly discoloured and visible under close inspection to the naked eye); the varnish layers in the background fluoresce more opaquely, however there do not appear to be other significant retouchings. This work is in good overall condition. Presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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