A Pair of 19thC Italian School Oil & Tempura on Canvas Studies of Roses poa-item and to the reverses and

and to the reverses and both plates have been crudely cut at their sides but the wholes still remain decorative and the diagrams and annotations remain in tact so this only serves in adding some more character

There is a crack to the centre running through the middle which doesn’t appear to have affected the stability of the piece

not artistic use

Early versions which successfully slipped the legal net included the bagatelle

A Pair of 19thC Italian School Oil & Tempura on Canvas Studies of Roses poa-item and to the reverses andOrigin: 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