Lot 817 , 18th Century Neapolitan School Still life of a rabbit beside a vase of flowers and a pot with carnations 25 x 35in.
18th Century Neapolitan School
oil on canvas
Still life of a rabbit beside a vase of flowers and a pot with carnations
25 x 35in.
Estimate £300-500
Oil on canvas relined within the past 10 - 20 years or so, canvas remains tight, signs of old paint loss particularly across the bottom third of the work which was clearly originally painted onto a very coarse canvas, some slight undulation also showing in the canvas particularly near the carnations, housed in a parcel gilt ebonised frame.
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Sold for £550