Early 18th-Century French School, Portrait Of A Gentleman Denmark It depicts an elderly lady

It depicts an elderly lady resting while carrying a weighty collection of sticks on her back

Westphalian State Museum in Münster

Modest compared to previous decades

Artist’s auction highlight (engravings): £4

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 16½” x 18” / 42cm x 45cmYear of creation: c

Early 18th-Century French School, Portrait Of A Gentleman Denmark It depicts an elderly ladyThis playful early 18th century half length French school portrait depicts a bewigged gentleman pointing to, what appears to be, a marble tablet. Its somewhat reminiscent of works by Gilles Allou (1670 1751). Attired in an exceedingly well tailored ensemble, hes evidently a man of considerable means. His dark blue velvet coat, probably a justacorps, is embellished with horizontal bands of elaborate gold embroidery. While the lucious patterned silk,