Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Priest C.1880

Name: Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Priest C.1880
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA796263
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Collinge Antiques

Description

Good sized late 19th.c. French portrait of a priest in oil on canvas c.1880. Half length seated portrait of a kindly looking older gentleman in a priest’s cassock. Sat on an interestingly upholstered chair beside a table and holding an open book of handwritten text, a sermon perhaps, which he gestures towards with his free hand. With a red cloth on the table upon which sits a bible and an altar crucifix. Confidently painted with particularly good treatment of the face and hands. Some minor damage to the edges of the canvas, otherwise good condition, presented as found on the original wooden stretcher.

Dimensions: width 28½", height 33".

Physical Dimensions

Height

84cm (33.07")

Width

72cm (28.35")

Depth

2cm (0.79")

Declaration

Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1880s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA796263

Dealers Internal Reference

34875

Dealers Notes

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Description

Good sized late 19th.c. French portrait of a priest in oil on canvas c.1880. Half length seated portrait of a kindly looking older gentleman in a priest’s cassock.

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Sat on an interestingly upholstered chair beside a table and holding an open book of handwritten text, a sermon perhaps, which he gestures towards with his free hand.

Collinge Antiques

With a red cloth on the table upon which sits a bible and an altar crucifix. Confidently painted with particularly good treatment of the face and hands. Some minor damage to the edges of the canvas, otherwise good condition, presented as found on the original wooden stretcher.

Dimensions: width 28½", height 33".