Late 18th-Century French School, Pair Of Companion Portraits

Late 18th-Century French School, Pair Of Companion PortraitsThis charming pair of late 18th century French oil paintings depict a smartly attired husband and wife. Produced around 1795, during a time of exceeding tumult, theyre remarkable survivors. The French Revolution, a monumental time of new ideologies, violence, and change, spanned a period from 1789 to the late 1790s. The monarchy was overthrown, the Republic was established, and both King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were publicly executed. Liberty,

Edward’s father

which is possibly the landscape painter Alexandre René Véron (1826-1897) who worked extensively in the Forest of Fontainebleau

This vessel was built at Sunderland in 1838 under the inspection of the present owners

The painting is housed in a good later frame

vibrancy and bravura

2002 (lot 157)

One particularly delicious variety is Tuscan Vin Santo

Groth’s view was that each age has its own set of contemporary influences and the past should be left where it is

he found that his sensitive nature was contrary to a traditional career

Begins to wave the woods and stir the stream

in 1864 he volunteered to join the Danish army and tragically lost his leg during the Battle of Als

which then prompted him to clean it