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5305 FRENCH SCHOOL. PORTRAIT OF THE EMPRESS J

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5305 FRENCH SCHOOL. PORTRAIT OF THE EMPRESS J
5305 FRENCH SCHOOL. PORTRAIT OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE. 19th century. Oil on canvas. Portrait of a lady possibly the empress Josephine in a jeweled tiara and fur cape with a crown on a pillow to her left. Signed lower right, L. David/Rome. Framed in a 5 (12.7cm) Louis XV style gilt gesso and wood frame with raised and pierced applied compo decoration with roundel spandrel insert decorated in roughened texture. Work: 30 x 25 (76.2cm x 63.5cm.) Framed: 37 x 32 1/2 (94cm x 82.6cm.) Condition: 2 1/2 x 1 (6.4cm x 2.5cm) patch at top left corner of painting, beginning craquelure surface with in-painting to cheeks and neck of face. Estimate: $500-700.