An Early 18thC French School Oval Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady c.1700-20 sub-Architectural & Garden As a group

As a group

We have carried out some remedial work to the structural innards of the carcass such as to the drawer runners so that she now stands in completely useable condition

This type of craft has roots in the Renaissance with trompe-l'œil and probably first crafted with concrete using an iron armature by garden craftsmen in France called "rocailleurs" using common iron materials: rods

A mullet of the bay of rufisco

There are no cracks or splints

An Early 18thC French School Oval Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady c.1700-20 sub-Architectural & Garden As a groupOrigin: French Period: Louis XIV Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1700 1720 Height: 30. 5 Width: 25 The beautiful large half length portrait in oval form of a Parisian Lady, painted in oils on canvas, wearing an intricate lace bejeweled bonnet, with drop earrings, and a diamond choker, to a turquoise and white lace Ottoman type dress, her hands folded and with a ruby ring and her face looking out to the viewer, the work unframed and surviving from the