French late 17th-early 18th century Louis XIV frame. Carved in fruitwood: acanthus leaf corners linked by continuous foliate strapwork with alternating flowers and buds on a cross-hatched ground, flower-&-leaf sight, dentil back; all re-cut in the gesso. Frame retains its original matt and burnished water gilding, sanded frieze
CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
Bordighera
oil on canvas 25 1/2 x 32 in
The Art Institute of Chicago
