Lot n° 40
Estimation :
1000 - 1500
EUR
MORELLI*** (active in the second half of the 18th century) - Lot 40
MORELLI*** (active in the second half of the 18th century)
The young gypsy
Canvas.
73.5 x 62 cm
Carved oak frame with daisy motif, gilded, 18th century French work.
The 1762 engraving of our painting by Simon François Ravenet, in the British Museum, shows the group of mother and child in a stone frame.
in a trompe-l'oeil stone frame. An identical composition in pastel
sold at Sotheby's London on July 10, 1980, no. 54 (Portrait of Mrs. Louisa Morgan and her daughter) repr. in
N. Jefares, A dictionary of pastellists before 1800, p. 459).
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