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Lot 216

After Claude-Marie Dubufe, French 1790-1864-  The Surprise;  oil on canvas, bears canvas stamp...

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Lot 216

After Claude-Marie Dubufe, 
French 1790-1864- 
The Surprise; 
oil on canvas, bears canvas stamp...

Price Realised: £394

Estimate: £300 - £400

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Lot 216

Description

After Claude-Marie Dubufe, 
French 1790-1864- 

The Surprise; 

oil on canvas, bears canvas stamp for 'REEVES & SONS' verso, 35.6 x 30.4 cm. 

Provenance: 
Private Collection, UK. 

Note: 
The original composition is in the collection of the National Gallery in London [NG457], the note for which describes how 'This young woman appears to have been startled by something – she turns her head and clasps her blouse to her chest. Her expression seems calm, however, perhaps suggesting that she is familiar with whatever has distracted her. Her pose is based on the Medici Venus, a famous marble sculpture of the goddess of love made in Greece in the first century BC. While the sculpted Venus is nude, this woman is just covered by a thin white blouse and brown shawl.' 

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