Portrait Of A British Gentleman Before A Castle

Portrait Of A British Gentleman Before A CastleA fine mid 19th century portrait of a dapper gentleman wearing a navy frock coat, white waistcoat and black necktie. He stands proudly before a distant castle, so perhaps hes a man of means. During the 1840s, male fashion was inspired by the style of a young Prince Albert. As a result, men often sported an hourglass figure with tightly cinched waists and barrel chests. They also tended to wear tight trousers and waistcoats with high upstanding

Blood runs from his crown of thorns and the wounds on his body

we see the first light of the morning as a mother and child walk along a well-trodden path

It’s skilfully rendered and probably after one of the 17th-century Dutch old masters

Modern figures were juxtaposed with ancient symbolism

which perhaps suggests that the artist knew the sitter

Another of his works depicts him in his studio surrounded by canvases

The painting is housed within an appropriate decorative frame with foliate embellishments

Craquelure throughout and a few very small losses

and where I am

It depicts a street in the rural commune of Clecy in the Normandy region

Reich possessed an extraordinary ability to capture the smallest of details with the utmost of care and his style was entirely traditional

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