Eugène LABITTE, 1858-1937 Young Breton Woman by the Sea Oil on canvas (traces of cracking and very minor restorations), signed lower left 51x76.5 cm. Experts: Michel and Raphaël MAKET E. Labitte painted two paintings of identical size with the same scene and the same young woman. One depicted daytime and the other evening. The other painting was sold in 2007 in Germany at Schloss Ahlden.

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