Bidspirit auction | Male portrait, European School, 19th

Male portrait, European School, 19th century - Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 86 x 67 cm; 110 x 91 cm. Half-length portrait of a man with a powdered wig, dark coat, and a book resting on a table, in a serene and distinguished pose. The composition is notable for the sobriety of the background, the restrained modeling of the face, and the careful rendering of the lace and hands, typical of European bourgeois portraiture. A work in the academic style of the 19th century, inspired by 18th-century models and with a distinctly decorative character.