"18th Century French School - Study Of A Bearded Man's Head"
French school of the second half of the 18th century Oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm (57 x 49 cm with the frame) Very beautiful frame in gilded wood from the Louix XVI period with decoration of palmettes, pearls and gadroons It is undoubtedly of a study for a character, perhaps an Italian, Florentine character? The large red velvet hat is reminiscent of the headdresses seen worn in the portraits of certain bourgeois in Italy during the Renaissance.