Antique 19th c. French Oil Painting of a Troubadour Musician antique art delicately engraved and finished with

delicately engraved and finished with a sculptural cow finial—a charming nod to its original purpose

it is soft and warm

and intentionally irregular fragment-like edges are characteristic of the architectural plasterwork produced by Belgian ateliers during this period

Its design features:

many French faience workshops revived these historic forms as decorative objects inspired by earlier provincial pottery traditions

Antique 19th c. French Oil Painting of a Troubadour Musician antique art delicately engraved and finished withAntique Painting of a Troubadour Musician antique circa 1880 found in Paris, France Approximately: 15. 5 high x 12. 25 wide This charming oil on panel depicts a costumed musician playing a lute or mandolin, a subject rooted in the rich tradition of Dutch and Flemish genre painting. While the scene evokes the 17th century works of the Dutch Golden Age, the painting itself was most likely executed in France during the late 19th or early 20th century,