A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1790-1800

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A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1790-1800Origin: FrenchPeriod: Louis XVIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1790 1800Height: 32Width: 25. 25Depth: 0. 75The beautifully worn half length portrait in rectangular form of a gentleman of nobility, painted in oils on canvas, the sitter wearing a laced overcoat of velvet, with a wig, his ink and quill sitting beside him, with a scarlet curtain to one flank and surviving from the period of the French revolution of the late eighteenth century. The portrait

and when looking at this picture one is faced with such a jolly and warming scene

The original plate glass has a fair amount of attractive spotting and foxing as per the photographs

watched over by angels with shepherds crooks

many would have paid attention to see them merely out of curiosity and this rabbit is no different

1722) was a Dutch draughtsman

they may relieve anger and resentment

This mythical bird represents fire

the cabochon with fifteen stars and punched hole to rear

Kensington and the business moved to their workshop premises at 86 & 87 Campden Street after it was hit by a bomb in 1940 (helping to date this picture) and from that time concentrated mainly on picture framing

Two of the frames are 21sT C and the other four are mid 20thC

which gives a wonderful hint of richness to the image

with 13 from Pudding Norton and others from Swaffham Bullbeck and Little Plumbstead

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