A c.1900 Italian Tempera on Canvas Study of An Elderly Gentleman

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A c.1900 Italian Tempera on Canvas Study of An Elderly GentlemanOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: Alessandro Tognazzi Collection, BraccianoDate: c. 1900Height: 34Width: 27Depth: 1The framed and glazed tempera on canvas work sensitively depicting an elderly semi nude gentleman posed seated and being half draped, to an olive green ground, possibly by the hand of Vincenzo Gemito, the work apparently unsigned, and being framed and glazed and surviving from turn of the century Italy. There are areas of wear

Canvas Height: 9 inches

Period: Unknown

MAYER & PHELPS LONDON

The bird is marked to the base with the hand painted numbering of ‘2055’

The costume is seemingly original and remains in good overall condition and there are no damages to note aside from some fritting and small tears to the shoulder regions

united by an `H` stretcher

were inspired by Jaquet-Droz’s to create their own opulent variations of singing bird boxes which are highly prized by collectors today

by 15 ½ in

with salt damage to the magnesian limestone

as is the table she is photographed on

This may be because we cannot quite distinguish the first three leters of the surname of the artist

porcelain or glass

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