A Pair of Continental Painted Canvas Panels
19th Century
in giltwood frames.
Frames: 56 x 47 inches.
This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:
Sotheby's, Chicago (labeled verso)

Both canvases with a vertical seam and some gentle overpainting about 1/3 in from the left edge (probably removed from a wall in sections and re-joined to make a picture for hanging). Canvases are lined. Clean and bright overall; areas of overpainting in the ochre backgrounds. One with craquelure at its bottom. Frames have drill holes in their fronts; frames are 20th century.
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