Bidspirit auction | After Gaspard Gresley, The Sleeping

After Gaspard Gresley, The Sleeping Spinner, Oil on Canvas Painting - Description: An 18th or early 19th century French genre scene painting of an old woman who has fallen asleep while spinning wool, after the original by Gaspard Gresly, preciously held in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts and Archeology of Besancon. Title: Untitled (Old Woman Asleep Spinning Wool) Type: Painting Materials: Oil on canvas Markings & Inscriptions: Unsigned, illegible inscription on the stretcher verso. Date: 18th / early 19th century. Maker: After Gaspard Gresly (French, 1712-1756) Dimensions: 32” x 25”, 36” x 30” framed. Provenance: From a Main Line collection. Condition: Fair condition, surface wear in the form of scratching and yellowing to the varnish, craquelure, two patch repairs, inpainting to the forehead and bonnet area.