Henri Jean Baptiste Victoire Fradelle, Antique French Oil on Canvas Shakespearian Lovers Historical Interior Scene, Circa 1810 Sold 19 cm X 10 cm

19 cm X 10 cm

The base of the inkwell have a corresponding engraved roundel containing twin silver inlaid birds

5 cm X 15 cm X 15 cm

A very fine pair of Italian Grand Tour putti bronze statues on Breccia marble bases

Condition is excellent and the silver weight is 422 grams

Henri Jean Baptiste Victoire Fradelle, Antique French Oil on Canvas Shakespearian Lovers Historical Interior Scene, Circa 1810 Sold 19 cm X 10 cmA fine oil on canvas painting by Henri Jean Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778 1865), signed lower right, the painting circa 1810. Fradelle was a painter and portraitist and he specialized in literary and historical subjects. For more than a 100 years, Fradelle was mistakenly assigned his son's name, Henry Joseph Fradelle, the latter trained as an artist but never reached the critical acclaim of his father. This scene depicts a Shakespearian courting