Lot 596 , Irish School (early 18th Century), oil, head and shoulder portrait of a gentleman (Palmes family)

Early 18th century Irish School
oil on canvas
Portrait of a gentleman, by repute a member of the Palmes family, wearing a periwig, blue coat and a white cravat
30 x 26in., oval
Estimate £500-800

Oil on canvas with an old reline, canvas now showing some slight sagging, a fine craquelure running through much of the paint particularly the skin and dark back ground, the blue coat and stock may well have been embellished with later retouching, the craquelure running down the right of the sitter above is shoulder is starting to lift a little, housed in a period gilt gesso frame which is now rather tatty, inscription verso relating the sitter to a member of the Palmes family.


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Sold for £2,400