Circle Of François Duquesnoy 17th.Century Flemish School Pencil Study

Circle Of François Duquesnoy 17th.Century Flemish School Pencil StudyCircle of Franois Duquesnoy 1597 1643. 17th. Century Flemish School pencil study of young boys heads with clouds. Pencil and chalk on buff laid paper. Soft diagonal crease to lower edge short repaired 1cms tear lower left. 25 by 18. 5 cms image. 40 by 32. 5 cms. Overall in frame. Franois Duquesnoy was a Flemish Baroque sculptor who was active in Rome for most of his career he was known as Il Fiammingo (The Fleming). His idealised representations

Martha and William Shudall of London opened a tailoring business in the area now known as Aldwych

and the relationship was evidently a happy one

Laid paper laid onto backing mount

20 by 18 cms

Mr Edward Bright late of Malden in Essex

She married Gabriel-François Reymond

Salting Collection  17 by 24 cms

Ellen Wallace Sharples 1769-1849 Portrait of a boy in a blue brass buttoned jacket

Some age related marking as to be expected laid onto wooden stretcher

with a delicacy and cultivation of mind rarely to be found’

Signed and dated 1821

The Infant Roscius