Lot 298 , 18th century Italian School, Venus sleeping in an Italianate landscape with attendants, oil on canvas, 54 x 71cm

18th century Italian School
Venus sleeping in an Italianate landscape with attendants
oil on canvas

54 x 71cm
£500-800

Condition:
Oil on canvas relined many years ago, canvas remains tight, a fine craquelure running through the paint with crackle lines which are starting to split running vertically up just to the right from 6 o'clock and up through the square block buildings, otherwise looks rather rubbed particularly across the sky and into the trees on the left, no sign of any signature, housed in a 19th century gilt gesso and wood frame which is now a little tatty, no labels or inscriptions verso.Frame measurement 65 x 82cm

Sold for £320