Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
Horses were significant members of the family, trusted, loyal, and characterful. As such, numerous artists, both established and provincial, were commissioned to produce portraits of this nature.
The artist here is unknown but stylistically it’s of good stock.
Signed illegibly (P…) /dated lower left and held within a splendid period frame.
Medium: Oil on panel
Overall size: 23” x 19” / 59cm x 48cm
Year of creation: c. 1823
Provenance: Private collection, UK.
Condition: Assessed and approved by our conservator. Cleaned. Fine and settled craquelure, as you would expect. The paint layer is stable. Frame restored.
Our reference: BRV1526
Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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Early 19th-century English School, Bay Horse in a Landscape - Antique Oil Painting
