Italienische Schule des 19. Jahrhunderts
Pair of paintings
Pair of FULL-BODY PORTRAIT OF AN ELEGANT BOY AND A GIRL
Oil on canvas.
Each 79.5 x 63 cm.

The standing boy slightly to the left in front of an indeterminate beige-brown background in elegant 17th century clothing, including a bright shiny red robe with knee breeches and a large white frill around his neck and wrist. He is also wearing dark shoes with a white bow and has a long sword attached to his left side. In his left hand he holds a round black felt hat with a pearl wreath. He has open curly long hair and looks directly out of the picture. The girl is wearing a floor-length, shiny silver dress with pattern, bodice and lace at the décolleté and at the ends of the sleeves. Her hair falls sideways in curly splendour on her shoulder, around her neck she has an elegant pearl necklace, also a precious brooch on the dress below the décolleté. She stands between a high column and a long red curtain, which is gathered to the left. With her shining eyes she too looks out of the picture at the viewer. Painting in an almost monochrome colour scheme, in which the colours beige, silver-grey and red predominate. Retouching. (1220928) (2) (18)