Antique Signed St. Bernard Dog Portrait Oil Painting
Antique Signed St. Bernard Dog Portrait Oil Painting
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A St. Bernard in profile, mahogany and white against a plain dark ground, with just the tip of a pink tongue showing. Portraits of favorite dogs were a steady trade for painters in the decades around 1900, and this one has the unfussy directness of the type: no landscape, no props, only the dog. The canvas carries a Winsor & Newton School of Art Canvas stamp on the reverse. It is signed, though I can't read the name with confidence.
Original canvas, not relined, with no retouching or inpainting noted on examination. The paint surface is dark and slightly matte, as you would expect with this ground. I haven't described the varnish because I can't say what has been applied to it over the years. The reverse shows ordinary age toning, and the canvas stamp is clear. The painting sits on newer wooden supports, so the original stretcher is not present.
The frame has a loss to the ornamented bottom edge where the gilt and composition have come away, exposing a pale layer beneath. There is cracking in several of the corner ornaments, all firmly attached with nothing loose. Otherwise the gilt shows ordinary wear. The hanging hardware on the reverse is newer.
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