Reserved - Henri Mathy, Portrait Of A Woman In A Red Skirt 1760s Perhaps they painted exactly what

Perhaps they painted exactly what they saw or did the officer insist upon it

A fine 19th-century oil on canvas depicting a sumptuous interior at Gripsholm Castle in Sweden

He spent the early part of his career active in Venice and Florence before heading to Vienna

It’s possible that the artist ‘A Braunsteffer’ grew up here as they produced other works featuring the same region

930 achieved for ‘Bohemian Life’ at an auction in Hungary in 2008

Reserved - Henri Mathy, Portrait Of A Woman In A Red Skirt 1760s Perhaps they painted exactly whatAn early 20th century full length portrait of a lady wearing a red skirt and top. The artist, Henri Mathy (1897 1978), has used bold brushwork and impasto to give the figure a striking appearance. As a young man, Mathy fought in the First World War and drew many landscapes from the fields at Flanders. Like many artists sent to war, his artistry provided a brief moment of escape from the mud, terror and drudgery. Following the war, he continued to hone