It was listed by Brave Fine Art. Sold pieces stay on Sellingantiques as a record of what has passed through, and the next one is rarely far away.
Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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’.
Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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Édouard John Mentha, Portrait of a Young Man, Antique Oil Painting
