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Francesco Coleman (Italian, 1851-1918) Dieu et mon Droit

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Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2371Location: BostonDate / Time: September 07, 2007 12:00PM

Description:

Francesco Coleman (Italian, 1851-1918)

Dieu et mon Droit
Signed and inscribed "F. Coleman, Roma" l.r.
Oil on canvas, 25 x 37 in. (63.5 x 94.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure.


N.B.Francesco Coleman was born in Rome in 1851. Like his father, English painter Charles Coleman, and brother, Enrico, Francesco became a painter. He worked with both oils and watercolors. The subject of the work presented here probably depicts Queen Anne Boleyn before she was taken to the Tower Green to be executed on May 19, 1536. Anne Boleyn was the second wife of King Henry VIII and the catalyst for England's break with the Catholic Church due to its stance on divorce. The crest in the center of the piece includes the motto of England, "Dieu et mon Droit" meaning "God and my right".
Estimate $10,000-15,000

The work is lined with glue or resin. There are areas of heavry varnish. Retouch predominately to an area of craquelure c.l. (in the figure of the leftmost standing Cardinal) and to an area at the l.l. edge. Craquelure with scattered separating stable throughout.


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Keywords

Francesco Coleman, N.B.Francesco Coleman, Charles Coleman, Enrico, Anne Boleyn, Tower Green, United Kingdom, Catholic Church, Henry VIII