Bidspirit auction | ITALIAN SCHOOL PORTRAIT OF A

ITALIAN SCHOOL PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN OIL PAINTING - Italian School antique oil painting on canvas depicting a young Renaissance woman shown bust-length before a tranquil landscape. The sitter is portrayed wearing a crimson gown with an elaborately trimmed neckline, a matching red headdress adorned with jeweled embellishments, and a gold pendant necklace while gently holding a long braid of hair. Executed in the academic style inspired by the Italian Renaissance. Housed in an ornate period gilt composition frame with elaborate foliate ornamentation. MEASURES: 12.5 in x 16.25 in FRAME DIMENSIONS: 20 in x 23.25 in CONDITION REPORT: Good to fair overall antique estate condition. Surface exhibits age-appropriate craquelure and minor areas of stable paint wear. Canvas appears to have been relined or professionally re-stretched at a later date with reinforced corner supports. The ornate gilt composition frame has extensive losses, repairs, cracks, and areas of restoration throughout, particularly at the corners and ornamentation. Presents well despite frame condition.