English School, Portrait of a Man in a Top Hat, Oil on Canvas, Early 19th Century, Carved Gilt Frame
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Description
▾The hat is painted flatter than anything else. Pure black, no highlight, no modelling, a single silhouette sitting on a head that is otherwise worked in warm reds and pinks.
Oil on canvas, 9 x 6 inches (23 x 15 cm), 12 x 9 inches (30 x 23 cm) framed, unsigned. English School, early nineteenth century, in a carved gilt frame.
A man of middle years seen at half length against a plain brown ground, turned slightly to his right. He wears a tall black hat with a flat brim, a dark coat and a white stock wound high under the chin above a ruffled shirt front. The face is ruddy, the cheeks and nose carrying more red than the rest, and the eyes are set close and level. One hand comes into the lower edge of the picture holding something the paint no longer describes.
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Painted with his hat on A man sat for his portrait bareheaded. He removed his hat indoors, and every rule of manners said so. This one kept it on, tall and flat brimmed in the shape worn in England between about 1810 and 1830, and had himself painted as he looked in the street rather than in a drawing room. It is a small thing and it changes the whole picture. |
The paint layer is stable throughout, under a fine age craquelure.
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Details
▾Artist
English School, early 19th centuryPeriod
Early 19th century (1800-1830)Origin
EnglandStyle
PortraitureMedium
Oil on canvasSignature
UnsignedFrame
Carved gilt frame with a fluted hollow, a frieze of rosettes on the outer edge and a leaf and dart moulding at the sight edge, with wear to the gilding and gaps at the joints.Features
Original, one of a kindDimensions
▾Painting
9 x 6 inchesFramed
12 x 9 inchesCondition
Good original condition. The canvas is stable, with a fine age craquelure across the surface. The frame has gaps at the joints.
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