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ANTIQUE FRAMED PAINTING REPRODUCTION ON BOARD - PORTRAIT ART - EL GRECO'S MOST FAMOUS WORK - NOBLEMAN (KNIGHT) WITH HAND ON CHEST
THIS IS AN ANTIQUE REPRODUCTION PAINTING PRINT OF SPANISH ARTIST EL-GRECO'S MOST FAMOUS PORTRAIT WORK - NOBLEMAN (KNIGHT) WITH HAND ON CHEST. THIS IS A VERY RARE ITEM WHICH HAS BEEN REPRODUCED ON BOARD AND THEN ATTACHED TO A WOOD BLOCK BY MEANS OF DECORATIVE METAL STUDS. IDENTICAL METAL STUDS HAVE BEEN USED ON ALL FOUR CORNERS OF THE WOOD BLOCK/FRAME GRANTING THE ITEM A MAGNIFICENT NOBLE APPEARANCE
ALTHOUGH THE GENTLEMAN PORTRAYED IN THE PIECE IS ONE OF A SERIES ON UNKNOWN PORTRAITS BY EL GRECO, IT IS LARGELY BELIEVED THAT EL GRECO PAINTED THE ORIGINAL PIECE (in 1580) AS A SELF PORTRAIT. THE ORIGINAL IS DISPLAYED IN THE "MUSEO NACIONAL DEL PRADO" IN MADRID, SPAIN
THIS REPRODUCTION HAS BEEN LACQUERED OVER GIVING IT THE IMPRESSION OF BEING PAINTED.
THE ITEM IS MAGNIFICENT AND IDEAL IN A DECORATIVE SENSE ON ANY WALL. IT IS ALREADY WIRED TO BE DISPLAYED
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEM IS LABELLED WITH A METAL PLAQUE/DISC AT THE BOTTOM - "EL GRECO"
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :
http://the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=35569
https://learnodo-newtonic.com/el-greco-famous-paintings
CONDITION : THE ITEM HAS TWO FAINT SCRATCHES ACROSS THE HAND ON THE PORTRAIT. THESE SCRATCHES HAVE ONLY AFFECTED THE LACQUER AND NOT DEEPER. ASIDE FROM THIS THE ITEM AND WOOD IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO BREAKAGES OR DAMAGES
SIZE : FRAME - 39.4cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....54cm TOP TO BOTTOM.....2.6cm THICK
REPRODUCTION ON BOARD -- 30.2cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....39.8cm TOP TO BOTTOM
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