Antique European Peony Oil Painting, Circa 1900
Antique European Peony Oil Painting, Circa 1900
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A dense armful of peonies in white, cream, and deep wine red, packed into a blue and white decorated pitcher and set against a russet damask drape. The painter built the flower heads up in heavy impasto, so the white petals carry real ridges of paint and catch the light the way the actual blooms would. Oil on canvas, relined, bearing a signature at the lower right that I cannot make out. It sits in an ornate carved giltwood frame with foliate scroll corners.
Oil on canvas, relined onto a second canvas. The relining has stabilized the original canvas against further age related movement. The paint surface is stable, with heavy impasto standing proud in the flower heads and finer handling in the ground and drape. There is scattered surface grime and light spotting visible in raking light across the whole surface. I have not cleaned it and am describing it as it came to me. Craquelure is present and consistent with the age of the work. Hand driven tacks around the edges are oxidized. The reverse carries a red stamp and stencilled format numbers.
The frame is carved giltwood with foliate scroll corners and a fluted inner course. It shows gilt losses, chips, and scattered wear, most visible at the outer corners. It reads as the period frame the work has carried, not a later replacement, though I cannot state that it is original to the painting.
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