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French Priest Oil Painting. Framed Religious Man Portrait. Lyon 1888.
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French Priest Oil Painting. Framed Religious Man Portrait. Lyon 1888.

19th century
For Sale by Krave Antiques
Description

This antique oil painting of a French priest wearing his religious gowns has been skilfully painted using oils on canvas in 1888 and is mounted in a gilt frame.

This framed painting is a nice size at 42.5 cm high and the canvas is signed with the artist's signature and Lyon 1888.

This well painted oil painting is in nice original condition so displays very well and would make a good decorative piece for the home.

Medium: Framed Oil Painting on canvas.

Dimensions of frame: Width: 34.5 cm (13 1/2"). Depth: 4 cm (1 1/2"). Height: 42.5 cm (16 6/8").

Dimensions of painting: Width: 27 cm (10 6/8"). Height: 35 cm (13 6/8").

Weight: 918 g.

Condition: Good antique condition with signs of use in keeping with age. Artwork has some crazing, cracks and small marks. Frame has chips and wear. Please see pictures.

Please note that only the framed painting is included and any other items in the pictures are for scale only.

Date of Manufacture

Krave Antiques has dated this French Priest Oil Painting to the 1880s.

Independent Date Check ID 09705074
Dealer's Item Date1880s
Sellingantiques Date1880s
Sellingantiques agingItem is 138 years old
Test ResultsPassed dating check
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 1880s:
Inscribed in red paint to the left: Lyon 1888.
Reverse canvas bears a stencilled numeral 5: standard French portrait format.
Fine network of craquelure across the face: natural drying over many decades.
Canvas attached to simple pine stretcher with iron tacks: late nineteenth-century mounting.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1243582
Dealers Internal Reference
OEEEFPP2829
Dealers Notes

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Description
This antique oil painting of a French priest wearing his religious gowns has been skilfully painted using oils on canvas in 1888 and is mounted in a gilt frame.

This framed painting is a nice size at 42.5 cm high and the canvas is signed with the artist's signature and Lyon 1888.

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This well painted oil painting is in nice original condition so displays very well and would make a good decorative piece for the home.
Krave Antiques
fig 1. A late 19th-century oil portrait of a French priest in dark vestments framed in a moulded giltwood frame.
fig 1. French Priest Oil Painting. Framed Religious Man Portrait. Lyon 1888.

Medium: Framed Oil Painting on canvas.

Dimensions of frame: Width: 34.5 cm (13 1/2"). Depth: 4 cm (1 1/2"). Height: 42.5 cm (16 6/8").

Dimensions of painting: Width: 27 cm (10 6/8"). Height: 35 cm (13 6/8").

fig 2. A late 19th-century oil portrait of a French priest in dark vestments framed in a moulded giltwood frame.
fig 2. French Priest Oil Painting. Framed Religious Man Portrait. Lyon 1888.

Weight: 918 g.

Condition: Good antique condition with signs of use in keeping with age. Artwork has some crazing, cracks and small marks. Frame has chips and wear. Please see pictures.

Please note that only the framed painting is included and any other items in the pictures are for scale only.

Date of Manufacture

Krave Antiques has dated this French Priest Oil Painting to the 1880s.

Independent Date Report ID 09705074
Dealer's Item Date1880s
Sellingantiques dating1880s
Sellingantiques agingItem is 138 years old
Test ResultsPassed dating check
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 1880s:
Inscribed in red paint to the left: Lyon 1888.
Reverse canvas bears a stencilled numeral 5: standard French portrait format.
Fine network of craquelure across the face: natural drying over many decades.
Canvas attached to simple pine stretcher with iron tacks: late nineteenth-century mounting.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1243582
Dealers Internal Ref
OEEEFPP2829
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Archive I A late 19th-century oil portrait of a French priest in dark vestments framed in a moulded giltwood frame.

French Priest Oil Painting. Framed Religious Man Portrait. Lyon 1888.

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A late 19th-century oil portrait of a French priest in dark vestments framed in a moulded giltwood frame.
French Priest Oil Painting. Framed Religious Man Portrait. Lyon 1888.
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  • ObjectPortrait Painting
  • Period19th century
  • Style19th Century Realism
  • MaterialOil on Canvas, Giltwood
  • ColourDark Brown
  • MotifsClerical vestments, Gilded frame, Rabat collar, Moulded frame

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Nineteenth-century French religious portraits recorded Catholic clergy members with academic precision, rendering specific vestments such as the clerical collar and cassock to denote rank and institutional identity.

Portraits from this era were typically rendered using oil paints on stretched canvas or wood panels and housed inside carved or moulded timber frames finished with hand-applied gold leaf gilding.

Authentic works from this period display natural craquelure across the paint layer, age-related oxidisation on the canvas backing, and wear along the edges of the gilded frame.

A portrait painting provides visual contrast when displayed against a painted wall, layered within a gallery arrangement, or positioned above a console table alongside minimalist decor.

Position oil paintings away from direct sunlight and heating vents to avoid paint flaking, and clean canvas surfaces gently with a soft dry brush rather than liquid cleansers.
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