After Jacob de Wit; The Allegory of the Four Seasons; A 19thC French Oil On Canvas sub-Mirrors & Lighting musicians and tradesmen from England

musicians and tradesmen from England

Three-dimensional carved figures such as these though are few and far between

the ‘real deal’ in terms of its execution

Within a year lead was being stripped from the Abbey's roof and the buildings were dismantled even though the monks were still in residence

suitable for the most elegant of wrists

After Jacob de Wit; The Allegory of the Four Seasons; A 19thC French Oil On Canvas sub-Mirrors & Lighting musicians and tradesmen from EnglandOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890Height: 35. 75Width: 36. 5Depth: 0. 75The beautifully worn oils on paper laid to canvas painting, after the original early eighteenth century work The Allegory of the Four Seasons by Jacob De Wit (1695 1754), this version flipped horizontally and on a primitive and thick oak stretcher, depicting four putti, each representing the seasons amidst a bucolic landscape, with a painted mock