Portrait Of A Leathery Cowboy

Portrait Of A Leathery CowboyAn unusual French portrait of a leathery skinned gentleman wearing a soft brimmed hat. He feels like he should be in a Western movie as a maverick gunslinger rolling into town and getting thrown out of a bar. The top of the portrait has some wear that makes it seem as if his hat has a bullet hole through it. And the overall aged appearance adds another dimension to the character of the piece. At certain angles, you can barely see him and its an

The painting is housed in what appears to be its original frame and signed in the lower right

It was painted in France during the late 19th-century but it reminds us of the masterful Dutch school still lifes of the 17th-century

We particularly love the way that every figure here tells a story

The details are exquisite

13½” x 17½” / 34cm x 45cm

Niels Frederik Schiøttz-Jensen (1855-1941) has exquisitely captured every detail

Frames with light age-related wear

Good overall

almost ethereal

A fine mid-19th-century portrait of a dapper gentleman wearing a navy frock coat

such as Van Gogh

We've included a photograph of the front and back as it was previously