Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2507Location: BostonDate / Time: May 21, 2010 12:00PM
Description:
Luigi Bechi (Italian, 1830-1919)
Peasant Couple with Donkey on Dirt Road
Signed and dated "L. Bechi/1870" l.r., with a label from "Studio di R.W. Spranger..
Casa Fauveau" affixed to the frame.
Oil on canvas, 43 x 33 1/2 in. (109.3 x 85.1 cm),framed.
Condition: Surface grime and accretions.
Estimate $4,000-6,000
Label affixed to the frame reads "Studio/di R.W. Spranger/e...Strickland Ansley/.../Casa Fauveau/Piano terreno" with the words "Dallo" and "Florence" added in ink.