Late 19th-Century French School, Head Study autumn Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size:

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 23” x 17” / 58cm x 43cmYear of creation: c

Artists of this nature were often urged to exaggerate the dimensions of such animals with each owner keen to convey their feeding prowess

Provenance: Mr and Mrs John Parry-Evans / Possibly with W

1887Provenance: GermanyCondition: Craquelure

200 for ‘Rira Bien Qui Rira Le Dernier (1877)’

Late 19th-Century French School, Head Study autumn Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size:This enchanting late 19th century French oil painting depicts the head of a bearded man. Rendered with an abundance of consideration and feeling, the introspection of the figure portrayed is palpable. A monogram in the lower right reads HD, but the artist is yet to be determined. One lead is Henri Camille Danger (1857 1939), a French painter known for historical, allegorical and mythological subjects, such as his La Transgression du Commandement