19th-Century French School, Portrait Of A Boy

19th-Century French School, Portrait Of A BoyA charming early to mid 19th century portrait of a boy wearing a tan outfit with a white shirt. Its unsigned but clearly by a well trained hand. We particularly love his little coat and pushed over fringe. The portrait is housed within a period frame. Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 16 x 19 41cm x 49cm Year of creation: c. 1840Provenance: FranceCondition: Craquelure throughout but the paint layer is stable. Several scratches. One patched repair.

Frame with light age-related wear

The snowy track winding its way vertically is beautifully observed and it reflects a subtle pink

The painting is signed and dated in the upper left

33½” x 27” / 85cm x 69cm

Religious scenes of this nature tend to be based on another work

Franz Würbel is known as a painter from this school and often created fine studies of busy streets and bustling crowds - particularly in Tunisia and Egypt

115 achieved for ‘Bal Tabarin’ (51cm x 65cm) in 2007

Dutch painters have a great heritage for creating beautiful still lifes and this artist has clearly been inspired by their forebears

Women also often wore pendants or cameos attached to long necklaces - as we see here

his heavy moustache drooping under a prominent Roman nose

rural track and figures

An exquisite late 19th-century landscape depicting an extensive view across to a distant City (maybe Munich)