Attributed to Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (French, 1735-1784) "Portrait of a Girl, bust-length, in a white Chemise" oil painting on canvas depicting the portrait of a girl, bust-length, in a white chemise with blonde hair pulled back and tied with a pink ribbon. She is portrayed against a neutral background.
The oval portrait has a wooden bracket on verso and is presented custom framed with a white liner and in a marvelous carved wood and gesso frame with openwork decoration and finished in gold leaf.
Provenance: The estate of a gentleman, Scarsdale, NY
New York, Christies, 30th September 2005, lot 77, Property from the estate of Frances Leventritt, Realized $78,000
Dimensions:
16" H x 13" W, canvas
25" H x 22" W, frame
Nicolas Bernard Lépicié was a French painter and engraver and painter who notably was a teacher of painting. Lépicié studied with leading artists of the time including Carle Van loo amongst others. Notably in 1759 Lépicié won second prize in the Prix de Rome competition in the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. By 1769, Lépicié was accepted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris.
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Condition
Areas of old restoration include in-painting to notable areas around the girls left eye, between her eyebrows, to the left of her left eye, neck and around the trim edges in spots. There are losses and chips to the ornate openwork gesso frame. Despite wear which is commensurate with age the painting presents charmingly.
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