A Pair of Late 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Studies of Nude Males sub-Decorative Objects The frames have a few

The frames have a few very small areas of loss to their edgings and some old worm

handles and turnings

flowers and butterflies centred around a large lobed urn with denoted key under giving the Latin names of each specimen

It is possible the artist of this work was commissioned to paint all twelve as described below

The beige interior with leather strapping is in good order with no stains or tears

A Pair of Late 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Studies of Nude Males sub-Decorative Objects The frames have a fewOrigin: FrenchPeriod: Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890 1900Height: 34Width: 15 (each)The two academic studies of the male form; painted in oils on canvas and depicting two differing male nude models of middle age, each un stretched and in simple frames, surviving from the latter stages of nineteenth century France. In entirely untouched and original condition the studies have been executed in oils on linen canvas supports which are unlined.