19th C. Oil on Board Peaches Still Life design painting pin holes and some underline

pin holes and some underline marks in blue ink but no notable tears and color is amazing--better in person

which to my eye imparts this wild cat with a great deal of soul

16 1/2" t x 7" w x 1 3/16" thick and in good condition

Rather than painted wood

Barnum) and a menagerie

19th C. Oil on Board Peaches Still Life design painting pin holes and some underlineI love an antique still life painting of fruit, and this pile of peaches with purple fig at right was beautifully executed, with a richness perfectly befitting ripe peaches! It hasn't been cleaned, and is a somewhat dark, but get it in the right light and those peaches are luminous! (Of course one could have it cleaned, but I personally like the aura and atmospherics of it just as it is, as if painted in candlelight to begin with and meant to be