Jean Baptiste Discart, Portrait Of A Lady With A Yellow Rose

Jean Baptiste Discart, Portrait Of A Lady With A Yellow RoseThis fine late 19th century portrait by renowned Italian artist Jean Baptiste Discart (1856 1944) depicts a lady wearing a black dress embellished with a lace collar, together with a single yellow rose. Its catalogued (#3) in Theo P. G. Kralts book, Jean Baptiste Discart, Orientalist Paintings and Dutch Portraits. A provocative rose draws ones eye to the dcolletage. Was it her idea or the bold suggestion of a young Discart, just 21, and bursting with

Year of creation: 1865

This is the artist’s home - a place he treasured and painted often

a symbol of enduring love and devotion

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 25” x 27½” / 63cm x 70cmYear of creation: c

The frame is probably original and retains small remnants of its 18th-century gilding

it’s modelled on the earlier works of the Dutch Golden Age

Known predominantly for landscapes and scenes

Witney’s early years were spent in India where his father worked as a Christian missionary

such as Great Britain

Medium: Oil on canvas laid on boardOverall size: 13½” x 14½” / 34cm x 40cmYear of creation: c

1-10 July 2024

which lauded ‘art for art’s sake’ and downplayed the value of deeper meaning