PORTRAIT, GENTLEMAN. OIL ON CANVAS. DEDICATED, SIGNED (F. LLORET) AND DATED. SPAIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY.
Decorative Antiques - Paintings
Reference: Z4163
Knight. Oil on canvas. Dedicated, signed (F. Lloret.) and dated (1897) in the lower left corner. The bust of the gentleman is placed against an indeterminate background, his face slightly turned to the right. In the lower left corner, the dedication appears (“To Porfirio / his friend”), the painter’s signature and the date of the work’s completion (“F/97”). As in the rest of Europe, the portrait was a genre that enjoyed great popularity in 19th century Spain, mainly thanks to social changes (rise of the upper bourgeoisie, etc.) that influenced aesthetics, hence the degree of intimacy that the painting gives off, different from the “official portraits” preferred by the nobility.
· Size: 47x5x59 cms.
600 €
