An Early 20thC German School Oil on Canvas Painting of a Gentleman Dated to 1927 sub-Decorative Objects Historically Bisthmuth compounds were used

Historically Bisthmuth compounds were used to treat Syphilis and today Bismuth subsalicylate and Bismuth subcitrate are used to treat the Peptic ulcer

The beautiful and profusely carved and gilded corner armchair having a curved top rail centred with a putto head and terminating in lion's heads above two pierced splats of further symmetrical conforming putti and mythical green man beast hybrid masks betwixt three carved pilasters modeled as supporting putti

and it opened as the First Middlesex County Asylum in 1831

A very good example

Provenance: Private Collection

An Early 20thC German School Oil on Canvas Painting of a Gentleman Dated to 1927 sub-Decorative Objects Historically Bisthmuth compounds were usedOrigin: German Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1927 Height: 35. 5 Width: 29 The half length portrait of a middle aged German gentleman in contemplative mood and sensitively executed, the sitter shown as a studious man of thought, his head resting to his hand sitting in an armchair to a dark ground with red tones, the work presented unframed and indistinctly signed and dated to 1927 lower right. The picture remains in original though