Italian School (mid-19th century), The Roman Forum with Laborers

Oil on canvas, unsigned, presented in a period gilt frame.

Stretcher size 20 1/2 x 32 in.; Frame dimensions 25 x 36 in.

From the Personal Collection of Mr. William Ivey Long, Seaboard, North Carolina and New York, New York

Yellowing varnish and likely nicotine staining; impact crackle and allover craquelure; bitumen deformation along lower edge of canvas; some loss and chipping to frame. Poor condition.