Pair Of Mid-19th Century French Portraits

Pair Of Mid-19th Century French PortraitsA fine pair of mid 19th century portraits depicting a nonchalant French couple dressed in the fashion a la mode. She's sat within a beautiful garden adorned with roses, while he's casually perched in his study adjectant to a notebook and the morning news. It's always nice to see a subject within their own environment and you can imagine how the artist discussed the setting with each of them. It's interesting to consider the gentleman's profession, as

you have two older ladies sitting by the stream as they natter about the day’s events - one seems to be using her hands to gesticulate as the other holds a stick

An extensive bucolic landscape depicting a rural idyll with a stream

710 achieved at Galerie Moderne

which is one of the oldest portrait collections in the world

we can assume that when this was painted her surname was Ahlefeldt

An interesting mid-20th-century oil on board depicting a British racing car in full flow

For example

he’s dressed in Elizabethan clothes including a fine ruff

so it’s plausible that he’s taking part in a Shakespearean play

£750 achieved for ‘Imaginärt katporträt’ in 2001

This was opened in 1887 and was a popular destination for many leading painters

There’s a little dirt in areas but overall it’s very presentable