french-school-early-19th-century-portrait-of-a-boy-in-a-top-hat
Lot 2286
French School (early 19th century), Portrait of a Boy in a Top Hat
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, a charming portrait of a young boy wearing a read coat with white shirt featuring a frilled collar, a short crowned top hat with wide brim caps his shoulder length curls, set against a shaded moss green ground, presented in an antique Louis XV style gilt frame.

Stretcher size 22 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 28 1/2 x 26 in.

Private Collection, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Craquelure, including bitumen cracking; scattered retouch; stretcher marks; surface grime; dent to canvas above boy's shoulder with associated paint loss; later stretchers; chipping and some loss to frame.