Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2399Location: BostonDate / Time: March 07, 2008 12:00PM
Description:
After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) (Italian, 1483-1520)
Madonna and Child
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Craquelure with alligatoring, losses at edges, surface grime.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Fine craquelure, mostly consistent varnish layer, alligatoring is predominately to the perimeters (i.e. outside of the figures),partial canvas stamp on the reverse, does not appear to be lined but possibly restretched, cracks and losses to frame.