19th-Century Portrait Of An Elizabethan Gentleman

19th-Century Portrait Of An Elizabethan GentlemanThis fine portrait of an older gentleman has an unusual story and remains an intriguing mystery. During the 1940s, it was discovered by a parish priest when browsing a local junk shop in Essex. He was also an amateur painter and was looking for canvases to practice on. At the time, the portrait had accumulated so much dirt that it appeared to be blank and simply primed with dark paint. Upon arriving home, the Reverend examined the canvas more closely

866 achieved for ‘Das Neugeborene’ (118cm x 64cm) in 1994

Towards the centre of the composition

oranges and lemons atop an oriental-style cloth on a table

Christ is dressed in red and white robes and bears several marks from his crucifixion

We almost couldn’t part with this beautiful painting of ‘Rosie’ the calico cat as it’s just such a charming piece

resulted in a broad range of commissions from various newspapers

The portrait is signed and dated in the lower right

Four small buildings are silhouetted along the beach

has laboured over the smallest details - even the shiny cherries atop the sticky iced buns

Sir William Howard (Premier of Ontario

the subject looks ponderously across the rims of his rickety old spectacles

It’s a nice piece for a gallery wall