The Antiques Hound has dated this 18th Century Portrait Painting to the 18th Century.
Painted in the naive tradition, the work has an appealing directness and simplicity that is highly characteristic of provincial portrait painters working outside the London academic mainstream during the Georgian era.
The flat profile format, reminiscent of classical medallion portraiture, lends the work a graphic strength and immediacy that gives it considerable decorative appeal.
The reverse is particularly pleasing - the oval panel and frame construction retain their original untouched patina - works of this type in original frames are becoming increasingly hard to find.
A superb example of English naive portraiture at its most appealing.
The Antiques Hound has dated this 18th Century Portrait Painting to the 18th Century.
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18th C Naive Portrait of a Gentleman - Oil on Panel, Circa 1780
