Description:
Continental School, 19th Century
Rulers and Generals, a Historical Pastiche
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 19 3/4 x 16 in. (50.0 x 40.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Old retouch, craquelure, surface grime.
N.B. This painting portrays naive-style images of historical figures of power, such as Napoleon, and includes vignettes of their rise and fall, arranged across a mountain. At the top of the mountain there is an allegorical figure of a woman, wearing a blindfold, and holding a crown in one hand and a scythe in the other.
Estimate $500-700
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