Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, presented in an ornate 19th century Louis XIV-revival frame with composition ornament.

SS 21.25 x 17.5; DOA 32 x 27.5 in.

The Personal Collection of Mr. Philip H. Huggins, Fayetteville, North Carolina

Ex. collection of the late James Lane Jefferson, Fountain, NC.
Mr. Jefferson was the former VP of Boone's Antiques, Wilson, NC.

A tronie is an intimate painting of a face, often for a stock character type, popular during the Golden Age of Dutch painting. Depictions of bearded older men are often referred to as "prophets."

Craquelure.

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