Italian school (XIX) - Ritratto di un gentiluomo

Oil on canvas depicting the portrait of a nineteenth-century gentleman in half-length, set in a rich carved gilt frame, while he holds a copy of the Milanese newspaper L'Eco della Borsa. Italy, 19th century Canvas size 76.5 x 61 cm Size with frame 100 x 85 cm Good condition with signs of wear, small imperfections, and small frame losses shown in the photo due to age Frame contemporary to the period The man holds in his hands the economic and commercial newspaper L'Eco della Borsa (published in Milan since 1839), a clear symbolic attribute linked to his profession or financial interests within the Lombardy-Veneto context. The subject is a man of bourgeois or mercantile class from the 19th century, dressed in a dark jacket, waistcoat, white shirt and bow tie or cravat, with the period's typical hairstyle and sideburns. Shipping with trackable courier

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