160. French School (circa 1830-40)

Portrait of a Gentlewoman.
Oil on wood panel, unsigned, framed,
13-3/4" x 11-1/2".

The crisp and polished technique used in the present work is characteristic of painters who trained under the Neoclassical academicians in early 19th-century France.

1,000/2,000     SOLD: $690.00

Condition: Pigment craquelure around hair area, evidence of old inpainting, some on face, mostly on background, surface scuffs indicate line of former spandrel frame, small areas of paint loss lower right.