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Antique Putti Oil Painting with Lute, Signed Baumann, Classical Garden Scene

Antique Putti Oil Painting with Lute, Signed Baumann, Classical Garden Scene

Regular price $1,250.00 USD
Regular price $1,295.00 USD Sale price $1,250.00 USD
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A signed Continental oil painting from the early 20th century, depicting a winged putto seated in a classical garden, holding a lute. The figure wears a flow of red drapery that anchors the composition against soft greens and warm earth tones, and the setting is built up with a stone balustrade, a flowering urn, and a small bird perched nearby. The signature reads Ch. Baumann with a date that resolves as either 16 or 10. The Baumann name appears across several European academic painters of this period, and I have not been able to tie this specific signature to a documented artist, so I am presenting it as a signed Continental school work and letting the painting carry itself.

Details
Signature
Signed lower left "Ch. Baumann," dated "16" or "10"
Artist
Signed Ch. Baumann, Continental School, presently unidentified
Title
Putto with Lute in a Classical Garden
Medium
Oil on canvas 
Subject
Winged putto with lute, classical garden setting with balustrade, urn, and bird 
Artwork Size
Approx. 21.75 in H x 25.25 in W (framed) 
Origin
Continental Europe, likely French or German 
Age
Circa 1910 to 1916 
Style
Academic classical with Belle Époque atmosphere 
Frame
Carved gilt gesso frame with foliate ornament, period appropriate 
Condition

 The painting is in good antique condition with honest age-appropriate wear. The canvas is stable and the paint surface reads as undisturbed under normal light, with fine craquelure consistent with an oil painting of this age. Colors remain warm and present, particularly the reds in the figure's drapery and the greens of the foliage. The signature lower left is legible and intact. The carved gilt gesso frame is original or period-appropriate, with scattered minor losses to the gesso along high points and edges, and small areas of the bole showing through where the gilding has worn. The frame structure is sound. A UV examination has not yet been performed and will be noted prior to listing if any inpainting is detected.

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