Édouard John Mentha, Portrait of a Young Man, Antique Oil Painting

19th century

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Description

An impressionistic bust-length portrait of a young man in a dark green outfit by listed Swiss artist, Édouard John Mentha (1858-1915). For this fine little painting, Mentha appears to have worked quite quickly and used daubs of oils to create texture in places. The subject’s left eye is little more than a few rapid brush-marks.

Édouard John Mentha trained with the landscape painter, Barthélemy Menn, and he’s known to have worked in Nice, France. He’s primarily known for creating genre scenes involving regular people carrying out everyday activities, and several of his larger works have sold at Sotheby’s for in excess of £7’000.

Medium: Oil on board

Size including frame: 15” x 12¼” / 38cm x 31cm

Year of creation: c. 1880

Condition: Overall good. The frame has some light age-related wear.

Artist’s auction highlight: £13,500 achieved at Sotheby’s, UK, in 1994 for ‘La repasseuse’.

Physical Dimensions

Height

38cm (14.96")

Width

31cm (12.20")

Depth

1cm (0.39")

Declaration

Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA615576

Description

An impressionistic bust-length portrait of a young man in a dark green outfit by listed Swiss artist, Édouard John Mentha (1858-1915).

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For this fine little painting, Mentha appears to have worked quite quickly and used daubs of oils to create texture in places.

Brave Fine Art

The subject’s left eye is little more than a few rapid brush-marks.

fig 1. Édouard John Mentha, Portrait Of A Young Man, Antique Oil Painting — fig 1. Édouard John Mentha, Portrait of a Young Man, Antique Oil Painting

Édouard John Mentha trained with the landscape painter, Barthélemy Menn, and he’s known to have worked in Nice, France. He’s primarily known for creating genre scenes involving regular people carrying out everyday activities, and several of his larger works have sold at Sotheby’s for in excess of £7’000.