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Pekingese Named Kit, Signed Oil on Panel by Ernest Jean Delahaye, c. 1910 The painting shown to scale on a pale wall above a low sideboard

Pekingese Named Kit, Signed Oil on Panel by Ernest Jean Delahaye, c. 1910

Ernest Jean Delahaye (1855-1921)

Listed artist

French painter of animals and Paris subjects, active at the Salon des Artistes Français.

Medium

Oil on panel

Painting size

13 x 10 in. (33 x 25 cm.)

Signature

Signed lower right E J Delahaye, inscribed Kit upper left

Period

Circa 1910

Framed size

18 x 15 in. (46 x 38 cm.)

Price

$2,900 USD

Frame. Oak frame with an embossed metal inner border

Condition. Good original condition. The panel is sound and the paint surface stable, with no sign of restoration. The oak frame has small gaps in the moulding, visible in the photographs.

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Portrait of a Pekingese named Kit, signed oil on panel by Ernest Jean Delahaye, circa 1910, in an oak frame
The painting shown to scale on a pale wall above a low sideboard
The mane falls over the shoulders in short curling strokes that never close into fur
Only the muzzle and the wide dark eyes are worked to a finish
The back of the panel in its oak frame, the assembly undisturbed
The dog sits square to the viewer, the whole figure held against a pale ground
The plume of the tail carried to one side, in russet, gold and cream
The paint is thin enough for the grain of the panel to show through
The dog's name, Kit, written by the painter across the upper left corner
The painter's signature at the lower right, E J Delahaye
The colour merchant's stamp on the reverse of the panel, a Paris supplier at 5 rue Lepic whose name dates the support to after 1907
The oak frame seen whole, its wide flat moulding and the metal border at the sight edge
Portrait of a Pekingese named Kit, signed oil on panel by Ernest Jean Delahaye, circa 1910, in an oak frame
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Description

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Ernest Jean Delahaye (French, 1855-1921)
Portrait of a Pekingese Named Kit
Oil on panel

Signed lower right E J Delahaye, inscribed Kit upper left. 13 x 10 inches (33 x 25 cm), the frame 18 x 15 inches (46 x 38 cm). Oak frame with an embossed metal border. Good original condition.

The face is given the frontal attention of a human sitter. The dog sits square to us against a pale ground of soft greys and greens, and only the muzzle and the wide dark eyes are worked tightly.

The coat carries the rest of the picture, laid in with short curling strokes of russet, gold and cream that follow the fall of the mane over the shoulders and the plume of the tail carried to one side. The paint is thin, and the grain of the panel shows through in places.

Note

The Pekingese was kept at the Chinese imperial court until 1860, when British and French troops sacked the Summer Palace outside Peking and five of the dogs were carried back to Europe. One of them was presented to Queen Victoria. Half a century later the breed was still a rarity in the West. On this panel the dog has a name of its own, written in gold across the top corner.

Condition report

Age shows on close inspection.

Good original condition. The panel is sound and the paint surface stable, with no sign of restoration. The oak frame has small gaps in the moulding, visible in the photographs.

Ernest Jean Delahaye (1855-1921)

Pekingese Named Kit, Signed Oil on Panel by Ernest Jean Delahaye, c. 1910

Ernest Jean Delahaye (1855-1921)
Size 13 x 10 in.Framed 18 x 15 in.
ConditionGood See report and photos ↓
FramePeriod frame · Natural wood
Medium Oil on panelCirca 1910
Price $2,900 USD
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Details

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Oil on panel · Circa 1910 · Signed · Period frame

The reverse

Panel undisturbed in its oak frame, a Paris colorman's stamp from rue Lepic dating the support to after 1907

Artist
Ernest Jean Delahaye (1855-1921)
Origin
France
Style
Realism
Size
13 x 10 in. (33 x 25 cm.)
Signature
Signed lower right E J Delahaye, inscribed Kit upper left
Frame
Period frameNatural woodOak frame with an embossed metal inner borderFramed 18 x 15 in. (46 x 38 cm.)

What the grades mean

All grades are relative to the age of the painting. They describe the painting itself, the frame is described separately. Fine age craquelure is normal and never lowers a grade.

Where signs of age can be seenUp closeAt normal viewing distance
Very goodminorNo
GoodThis paintingYesNo
FairYesYes
Needs conservationYesdamage

GoodThis painting

Stable. Signs of age or earlier restoration are visible on close inspection, such as small retouches or a slightly yellowed varnish. The overall appearance is intact.

Other grades

Very good

Stable. Only minor, old retouches or very small losses, not distracting at normal viewing distance. The canvas may have been relined or cleaned in the past.

Fair

Stable and ready to hang, but wear or earlier restoration is noticeable at normal viewing distance, such as visible retouching, a discoloured varnish or scattered small losses.

Needs conservation

Visible damage a conservator should treat, such as flaking, a tear, larger losses or heavy old repaint. Every issue is shown in the photographs.

Description

Pekingese Named Kit, c. 1910

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