English painter (18th-19th century) – Portrait of a gentleman with a pug.

English painter (18th-19th century) – Portrait of a gentleman with a pug.

31,5 x 26,5 cm (without frame) – 44,5 x 38,5 cm (with frame).

Oil on canvas, in a contemporary carved and gilded wooden frame.

The painting depicts a gentleman seated outdoors, dressed in a dark jacket and red waistcoat, with powdered hair. Beside him, a table holds a sheet of music and a flute, details that hint at the sitter's musical inclinations. At his feet sits a pug with a gold collar. The background is a garden with trees and, on the left, a balustrade with two decorative vases. The presence of the musical attributes and the dog hark back to the tradition of late-eighteenth-century British bourgeois portraiture, in the orbit of provincial painters active between 1785 and 1805.

Condition report: Lined canvas. The painted surface is in good condition, with signs of aging and wear. The painting is in its contemporary frame.

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