British School, Late 18th Century Style Seated Woman in Yellow Cradling a Dove

Description:

British School, Late 18th Century Style

Seated Woman in Yellow Cradling a Dove
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 in. (91.5 x 76.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Extensive retouch to the background, craquelure, canvas deformation, canvas edges weakened along the edge of the stretcher, surface grime.

N.B. Reminiscent of the portraits of Sir Joshua Reynolds, the sitter holds a dove, the traditional symbol of innocence, and wears as a locket a miniature portrait of a gentleman shown in profile.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Inscribed indistinctly on the top edge of the back of the fame.


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