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Lot 427

Attributed to Dimitrie Serafim, Romanian 1862-1931-  Portrait of a girl, bust length, wearing a...

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Lot 427

Attributed to Dimitrie Serafim, 
Romanian 1862-1931- 
Portrait of a girl, bust length, wearing a...

Price Realised: £446

Estimate: £500 - £700

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Lot 427

Description

Attributed to Dimitrie Serafim, 
Romanian 1862-1931- 

Portrait of a girl, bust length, wearing a red headscarf; 

oil on board, bears stamp from the Department of Culture, Cults and National Cultural Heritage, Bucharest which reads 'D.C.C.P.C.N. BUCARESTI 3' verso, 46.8 x 37.5 cm. 

Provenance: 
Private Collection, Romania, thence by descent. 

Note: 
Serafim studied in Bucharest under Theodor Aman (1831-1891) and Gheorghe Tattarescu (1818-1894), before travelling to Paris, where he worked with Jean-Jacques Henner (1829-1905). Serafim's approach seems to have been heavily influenced by his fellow Romanian artist Nicolae Grigorescu (1838-1907), particularly in his Impressionistic portraits of figures in regional dress. These include works by Serafim which sold at Artmark, Bucharest, on 20 June 2023, lot 191, and at Artmark, Bucharest, on 28 April 2020, lot 69, both of which very much recall the subject matter and technique of the present work. 

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