A Pair of 19thC Italian School Oil & Tempura on Canvas Studies of Roses poa-item Early versions which successfully slipped

Early versions which successfully slipped the legal net included the bagatelle

Experts and collectors agree that of these early cages

the whole preserved by Joseph Cullingford of Durham and surviving from the last quarter of the nineteenth century in good overall condition

Width: 22 inches (antlers) or 10 inches (shield)

The picture is a little dirty and if cleaned would become something slightly different

A Pair of 19thC Italian School Oil & Tempura on Canvas Studies of Roses poa-item Early versions which successfully slippedOrigin: Italian, Umbria District Period: Macchiaioli Provenance: Formerly of the Collection Pietro Vitali, Foligno Date: c. 1850 70 The Works: 10 wide x 14 high & 9. 5 wide x 13 high In Frames: 14 wide x 18 high x 1. 5 deep & 13 wide x 17 high x 1. 25 deep Painted in oils and tempura on canvas and presented in their original moulded and gilded frames, the pair of works, of slightly differing sizes, depicting bunches of red roses each tied with green