Lot 27: CHARLES-EMILE-HIPPOLYTE LECOMTE-VERNET | Rebecca at the well

oil on canvas ; signed and dated lower left E. Vernet Lecomte 1869

114 x 79,5 cm ; 43 7/8 x 30 1/4 in.

- painting was relined - slightly worn in some areas which have been very lightly covered up - under UV light : * retouch by the frame : in the sky by the left and on the upper area, in the lower right and left corners ; one vertical retouch on the lower border (restored tear) on approx. 5 cm * small retouche on the model's lip * small retouch on a pearl on the necklace * scattered retouches on the belt, costume and one more important retouch by the right hip Very good overall condition.
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New York, Hammer Galleries, The Goddess and the Slave. Women in Nineteenth Century Art, June-July 1977, titled Rebecca, illustrated on the cover

Sale, New York, 9 October 1974, titled Jeune Marocaine ;
Purchased at the above by Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent