A Pair of Late 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Studies of Nude Males reserved beginning in the mid-18th century

beginning in the mid-18th century

This typed of Venetian gondola chair is carved and painted or upholstered in leather with a high back that curves down to the seat

surviving from late nineteenth century Italy

but being so well made

Truly made with ‘head

A Pair of Late 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Studies of Nude Males reserved beginning in the mid-18th centuryOrigin: FrenchPeriod: Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890 1900Height: 34Width: 15 (each)The two academic studies of the male form; painted in oils on canvas and depicting two differing male nude models of middle age, each un stretched and in simple frames, surviving from the latter stages of nineteenth century France. In entirely untouched and original condition the studies have been executed in oils on linen canvas supports which are unlined.