Lot 131: A Spanish School Portrait of a Cleric with...
A Spanish School Portrait of a Cleric with the Arms of the Knights of Malta, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century.
Oil on canvas depicting a seated cleric dressed in dark ecclesiastical robes with white collar, portrayed half-length and turned slightly to the viewer’s left. The sitter holds a quill pen above a document, a rolled parchment resting in his opposite hand, suggesting scholarly or administrative office.
In the upper left corner appears a painted coat of arms featuring a red shield with the white cross associated with the Knights of Malta, accompanied by heraldic detailing and inscription beneath.
The composition rendered against a warm brown ground, the modelling of the face softly executed with restrained tonal transitions. Housed in an ornate carved and gilt frame.
Approximately 140 x 108.5cm (incl. frame)
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