italian-school-19th-century-portrait-of-a-priest
Lot 227
Italian School (19th century), Portrait of a Priest
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, painted in an oval, unframed.

29.5 x 23 in.

Private Collection, Durham, North Carolina

The older cleric dressed in a cassock and wearing a skull cap. His piety is further evidenced by a cross half visible at his chest and a small Bible in his hand.

Scratch to sitter's upper chest; varnish drips; several air pockets; scattered re-touch visible under UV light.