Mid 19thC Italian School in The Manner of Peter Casteels; A Botanical Study of Birds, Flowers & Butterflies sub-Curios The dramatic scene of the

The dramatic scene of the racing charioteers was reproduced on a frontispiece that was four panels high and the traditional ark figures were replaced by horses

There is some pastel lacking to the corners and the picture is signed but sadly it is too smudged to be discernable

The two central doors

or it could be used as intended whilst fulfilling the wedding day remit of “something borrowed something blue” with aplomb

as are the limbs

Mid 19thC Italian School in The Manner of Peter Casteels; A Botanical Study of Birds, Flowers & Butterflies sub-Curios The dramatic scene of theOrigin: Italian Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1844 Height: 17 inches Width: 22 inches In Frame: 23. 75 x 19. 75 inches The pen, ink and watercolour botanical study depicting thirty eight species of birds, flowers and butterflies centred around a large lobed urn with denoted key under giving the Latin names of each specimen, the whole dated Luglio 1844 (July 1844) bottom right, survives from mid nineteenth century Italy