vittorio-capessiero-italian-1836-1891-pair-of-neapolitan-portraits
Lot 2445
Vittorio Capessiero (Italian, 1836-1891), Pair of Neapolitan Portraits
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas, each signed at lower right, presented in ornate period gilt brass frames with foliate borders and surmounted by male masks.

Stretcher size 11 3/4 x 6 3/8 in.; Frame dimensions 17 x 8 3/8 in.

Private Collection, Charlotte, North Carolina

Surface grime to each; no evidence of restoration visible under UV light; each with some slack in canvas; one frame with old (and possibly original) crack to upper foliate flourish above mask.