A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Priest Dated to 1793 sub-Art & Sculpture yet the whole retains a

yet the whole retains a very calm aura

which he would demonstrate by stamping his gouty foot on the marble hearth to impress his friends who were similarly afflicted

and aside from a tiny little snag on one handle

knowledge of which flowed to the West in the nineteenth century through oriental imports

Some of Mijtens' works are still owned by the Royal Family

A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Priest Dated to 1793 sub-Art & Sculpture yet the whole retains aOrigin: French Period: Louis XVI Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1793 Height: 30 Width: 24 Depth: 1 The beautifully worn half length portrait in rectangular form of a Normandy priest, painted in oils on canvas and in its original beaded gesso frame, the sitter wearing a priests cassock and holding a book of prayer looking out amicably to the viewer, on a dark ground, and surviving from the Reign of Terror of the French revolution of 1793. The portrait