A 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1890 sub-Religion & Relics deep brown backgrounds and any

deep brown backgrounds and any light in the pictures were directed on the artist’s face as we see here

The elaborately carved and later ebonised jardinière stand

on a deep ruby red ground

and black bear usually weight 30% more just before their winter hibernation

A 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1890 sub-Religion & Relics deep brown backgrounds and anyOrigin: French, Lille Area Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Height: 21. 75 Width: 18. 25 The hugely atmospheric bust length portrait of a dashing young French gentleman having short dark hair and long moustache, and looking directly out to the viewer, painted in oils on canvas, the sitter shown in a black over garment with a white collared under garment, the work with a ruled border and being signed top right in calligraphed