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January 25, 2019 10:00 AMCalender
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John Linton Chapman (American, 1839-1905) Claudian Aqueduct

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$11,685$9,500
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3203BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 25, 2019 10:00AM

Description:

John Linton Chapman (American, 1839-1905)

Claudian Aqueduct
Signed, inscribed, and dated "J. LINTON CHAPMAN/ROMA 1873" l.l., titled, inscribed, and dated "CLAUDIAN·AQUEDUCT/for HENRY·DAY·ESQ N·Y·/by J·LINTON·CHAPMAN·ROMA·1873" on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 20 x 34 1/2 in. (50.5 x 87.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, scattered minor retouch, fine craquelure.

Provenance: A Virginia collection.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Frame with a label from Thomas A. Wilmurt, New York, measuring 34 1/4 x 48 1/4 in. The painting is lined (adhered wih glue or resin),but a photocopy of the original inscription is tucked into the stretcher, and the inscription has been reproduced on the lining in a later hand.

There are several dots and small areas of retouch (the largest of which is about the size of a quarter. The craquelure is stable.


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