Lot 749 , 19th Century French School Portrait of a girl holding a coral bead rosary 25.5 x 21in.

19th Century French School
oil on canvas
Portrait of a girl holding a coral bead rosary
signed Bourrit and dated 1888
25.5 x 21in.
Estimate £400-600

Oil on original canvas in fairly honest condition, two patched repairs, one just off centre in the blue near her neck, another 4 inches to the right of that in the back ground, both reasonably well retouched, otherwise canvas remains tight with a fine craquelure running throughout, paint rather dirty with dirt specks throughout, signed Bourril or Bourrit and dated in the lower right corner, housed in an old gilt gesso frame which is a little tatty, no inscriptions or labels verso.


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Sold for £420