The interior of an inn with peasants seated by a table drinking tea

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Leonard Defrance (1735-1805)
The interior of an inn with peasants seated by a table drinking tea
signed with initial 'D.' (lower right, on the barrel)
oil on panel
37.3 x 53.8 cm.

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Lot Essay

Two preliminary drawings (figs. 1 & 2) are recorded: the first, showing the group in the centre at the table and the second showing the two women seated on the left and on the right (both Liège, Univeristy Print Room; F. Dehousse, M. Pacco & M. Pauchen, Léonard Defrance - L'oeuvre peint, 1985, p. 23, figs. 5 and 6).

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