the whole having four areas of tearing to the amber ivory silk background
Period: George III / Regency
The form and shape of this piece suggest it may have been part of the scullery or servant’s quarters in a large country estate and used for kitchenalia
whilst Peter Vowell and John Gerard are executed in London for plotting to assassinate Cromwell
as these cases so often do
A 17thC Italian School Oil on Panel of The Penitent Mary Magdalene c.1670 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles the whole having four areasOrigin: Italian School Period: Baroque Provenance: Collection of an Illustrious family, Livorno, Italy Date: c. 1670 Height: 12. 75 Width: 9. 5 Depth: 0. 6 Painted in oils on thick panel, the Italian school work depicting Mary Magdalene, penitent for her sins and with a sorrowful expression, clutching a crucifix, with fleshy arms and bosom, a halo of light around her head, the whole painted by a Bolognese painter and surviving from baroque period