A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Priest Dated to 1793 sub-Religion & Relics survives from the early twentieth

survives from the early twentieth century

a blue field with the Union Flag in the canton

The rustic and provincially made carcass has a wonderful patina to its paint

Fabulous pieces of art in their own right

The shoes on this example are more scarce and are simply superb as are the resin grey coloured hands which are rather unusual

A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Priest Dated to 1793 sub-Religion & Relics survives from the early twentiethOrigin: French Period: Louis XVI Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1793 Height: 30 Width: 24 Depth: 1 The beautifully worn half length portrait in rectangular form of a Normandy priest, painted in oils on canvas and in its original beaded gesso frame, the sitter wearing a priests cassock and holding a book of prayer looking out amicably to the viewer, on a dark ground, and surviving from the Reign of Terror of the French revolution of 1793. The portrait