Name/Title
PaintingEntry/Object ID
MP.94.172 a-bDescription
a. Frame: This frame of wood is deeply recessed with plaster trim. The frame is rococo design with vignettes of plaster running around the edge. Each corner has a pear-shaped, heavily foliated shape with convex-concave scallop in center. Each side has rococo medallions. A smaller, inner frame has vignettes on its surface, then a small concave moulding brings it to the edge of painting.
b. Painting: Is oil on canvas board; the scene is of two people fishing in foreground with "ruins" in the background atop the tree line; landscape.Artwork Details
Medium
Wood, Plaster, Oil Paint, Wood, Plaster, Oil PaintMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
ArtistInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
Label: "Improved/ Flemish Grand Milled ____/ prepared by/ Rowney & Forester/ Artist Colourmen/ 51, Rathplace Place, London (This writing is illegible in places).
prepared Canvas with/wo absorbent/ an improved white oil ground painting/ also ___ __________ ___."Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
MP.94.172 A-B
MP.94.172a-b
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Framed sizeHeight
19-1/2 inWidth
24 inDepth
3 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 24 x 3 in. (49.5 x 61 x 7.6 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: The plaster is badly damaged and missing in many places (a).Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Rowney & ForesterNotes
RetailerGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Livingston Bedroom