Portrait Of A Young Lady Praying

Portrait Of A Young Lady PrayingA sensitive portrait of a beautiful young lady praying with her head tilted upwards. Red hair tumbles down her back as her eyes look hopefully on. Its been created with a great deal of skill particularly around the face and the handling of the skin. It reminds us of the work of French painter Jean Jacques Henner (1829 1905) who often painted evocative depictions of nude females. Many of these had red hair, which perhaps indicates his fondness for the

A provincial English School oil on board depicting a gentleman riding a large bay horse through the British countryside

485 achieved for ‘Autoportrait de l'Artiste dans son atelier’ (78cm x 98cm) in 1999

The frame has age-related wear including some cracks to its plaster

but these were never fully completed

An early 20th-century oil on wood depicting a lady wearing a stone-coloured dress with a decorative collar and vest

To this day

Little is known about the artist but several of his works have appeared at the leading auction houses

where he also exhibited

436 achieved for ‘Portrait of a gentleman’ in 1998

the ‘Pesel’

Frame a little chippy with losses to the gilding and plaster

A late 19th-century oil on canvas depicting an old stone lock on a rural waterway in Holland