Lot 307
  • 307

A cartouche-shaped frame 17th century

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • 100 by 70 cm.
  • 17th century
carved with festoons of fruit formerly surmounted by a cherub and now surrounding a still life in oil on canvas, dating from the late 19th century and depicting an angel atop a casket on a table covered by a carpet

Condition

Head of cherub missing, gilt decoration of later date, partly missing on left side, lower left lacking considerable amount of polychrome, the painting not mounted on a stretcher and warped
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