Lot Essay
The present composition is one of a number of versions of which the signed and 1728 dated painting is in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden; (see G. Poensgen, Antoine Pesne, Berlin, 1958, p. 202, no. 477).
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A woman with doves
Details
Attributed to Antoine Pesne (Paris 1683-1757 Berlin)
A woman with doves
oil on canvas
62.2 x 47.2 cm.
A woman with doves
oil on canvas
62.2 x 47.2 cm.
Provenance
Since the early 1930s in the possession of the family of the current owner.
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