Joseph Sibon (French, ?-1731), Portrait of a Nobleman in Armor

Oil on canvas (lined), half-length, inscribed on the verso "Painted by Joseph Sibon / Toulon 1705 / signed & dated on back / of original cavas / Relined 1970" (sic), presented in a carved oak frame with shaped surround.

Frame dimensions 30 x 25 in.

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

Stable craquelure; scattered retouch visible under UV light; some shrinkage to interior carved panel of frame.

$800 - 1,200