Lot 1126: Tony-Francois de Bergue (1820-1890 French)

View of the coast of the Isle of Capri, signed lower right: Tony de Bergue, oil on canvas laid to canvas, 23'' x 39'',

23 H x 39 W

oil on canvas laid to canvas

Visual: Stable craquelure throughout. Minor frame abrasion and losses along the edges, particularly the lower left extreme corner. Would benefit from relining or correction made to the existing lining by a professional art conservator. Blacklight: A 3" x 7" area of touch-up around the white sail in the right center quadrant and a .75" x 3" area and other scattered spots of touch-up beneath the sail. A .75" x 3" scattered horizontal area of touch-up to the left and a .5" x 2.5" horizontal area to the right of the yellow sailed boat. A 2" diameter scattered area of touch-up in the upper right quadrant with a few other scattered spots of touch-up in the sky in the right center and upper left quadrants. Two nickel-sized areas of touch-up in the lower center quadrant on the distant hills. The lower left quadrant and areas through the lower sky fluoresce unevenly under blacklight apparently due to uneven varnish.

Exhibited: Exposition Universelle, Paris, France, 1878

Provenance: Mr. Horace Orlando Moss, New Berlin, NY, acquired on a European Grand Tour at the Paris Exposition, 1878; by descent in the family three generations to the present owner.

Note: A copy of a photograph showing the painting hanging in the drawing room of the home of the current owner's grandfather at 717 Paru Street, Alameda, CA accompanies the lot. Two copies of photos of the exterior of the house showing the original Victorian structure and the circa 1920s Spanish style conversion also accompany the lot. The painting retains the gessoed and gilt lining of its original frame