Male nude gold frame 1" / 56cm x 64cm

1" / 56cm x 64cm

The gilding is a little aged but gives a nice character to the whole

The husband seems impatient and his wife looks more amused

in his Parisian atelier

Natural light lingers first on the overall composition and guide the gaze to reveal a multitude of details

Male nude gold frame 1" / 56cm x 64cmAntique portrait painting: French School of the XIXth century oil on canvas painting, attributed to Victor Pierre Mnard (1857 1938). The canvas is smooth despite a few thicknesses on the model's beard. This male nude has a great mastery of morphological rendering. Mnard takes care of both the aesthetic aspect the model's character. The technique is academic, precise, and full of details while the approach is more personal, serious, dark, and deep.