ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCIS SARTORIUS I (English, 1734-1804). GROOM WITH BAY HUNTER, oil on canvas - 25 in. x 30 in. Estimate $8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE: Guarisco Gallery, Washington, DC.
Lined; stretcher stress at all edges; darkened varnish and surface debris. UV: Old restoration (difficult to detect) in clouds at center right, in upper left sky, 2 in. horizontal line of restoration, below horse to right of fron tlegs and other scattered areas in foreground. Small area of old restoration above groom''s left arm and elsewhere.
