Franco-American School
(First Quarter 19th Century)

"Portrait of a Young Gentleman at an Empire Console with a Vase of Flowers"

oil on canvas
unsigned.
Presented in a period giltwood frame.
32" x 26", framed 38-1/2" x 32-1/2"

Provenance: Estate of Dr. Carroll Ball, Jackson, Mississippi.

Previously cleaned and relined; retained original stretcher bars; craquelure pattern visible and signs of inpainting mid/lower left (the background along his sleeve); lower right (table) and lower center (dark cuff of jacket); smaller areas of inpainting lower left (jacket); lower center (pants by watch fob); upper right (hair) and lower/mid-right (vase). Frame with surface marks, nicks and abrasions; cracks in corners, small losses along edges and in corners; signs of past restorations.