A Pair of Early Victorian Oil on Canvas Naïve School Portraits of a Lady & Gentleman c.1835-45 sub-Religion & Relics Alfredo Brogi

Alfredo Brogi

The large and weighty patinated gilt metal ceiling light shaped as the sun

facing dexter and gazing slightly downward conveying a dreamy

the whole with four decorative acanthus leaf mouldings and standing on a shaped and moulded plinth base and surviving in original condition from the high Victorian period

A large proportion of stools made in the Regency period that were x-framed were in rosewood so it is nice to see one with the original painted decoration which is much more scarce

A Pair of Early Victorian Oil on Canvas Naïve School Portraits of a Lady & Gentleman c.1835-45 sub-Religion & Relics Alfredo BrogiOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1835 45 The Gent: 17 height x 14. 5 wide The Lady: 16 height x 13. 5 wide The mid nineteenth century English school depictions of a gentleman and lady in the nave manner, presumed man and wife, painted in oils on canvas and presented in harlequin frames, one being maple veneered the other of tramp art form, survive from the very early Victorian era in un meddled with condition. The