"Portrait Of A Man From The Early 19th Century. "
Portrait of a man from the early 19th century painted on canvas in its original gilded stucco frame. The oval frame with laurel leaf molding, perpendicular to the frame, acanthus leaf interlacing in their centers and a final pearl molding, all on a concave and rounded molding in the Louis XVI spirit entirely in gold. (With some small defects due to the deformation of the wood.) The painting of a handsome man of quality decorated with the Legion of Honor, it needs restoration due to the cracking of the paint which must have been exposed to an excessive heat source.