Pierre Jean Edmond Castan (1817-1892) Cottage interior with children blowing bubbles Signed and...

In good original untouched condition it has crackelure and paint shrinkage in several areas including the background down the left side and along the top, with further fine crackelure in other places. Specks of gold paint on the surface as areas of the old frame have been partially re-gilded rather amateurly. The reverse has the inscription Tachet Brevete a Paris". There is a great deal of dirt and discoloured varnish and it is contained within its original Continental gilt plaster and wooden frame

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