Danish School, Three Gentlemen Plotting

Danish School, Three Gentlemen PlottingAn intriguing early 20th century oil on canvas depicting three gentlemen having a heated conversation in a dark old study. The artist has drawn our attention to the mean looking bearded chap in the centre who is lit by a gas lamp. He seems to be holding a pipe or a small cup in his right hand as he stares intently across to his associate. Its interesting to consider how this painting came into being as its not your typical genre scene. Could it be a

If you cast your eye along the path

David Cox Senior (1783-1859) so it’s plausible that the artist knew him

The painting is housed within a handsome foliate frame and signed/dated in the lower right

Signed ‘E Kimelmann’ in the upper right

the British Museum in London

Areas of craquelure

A rather risqué 19th-century miniature depicting five nymphs bathing alongside a brook

000 achieved for ‘Picking Poppies

The board has curved outwards a little

she married John Churchill

which is to the north of Paris

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 23½” x 34” / 60cm x 86cmYear of creation: c