An 18thC German School Oil on Canvas Portrait of Anna Margaretha Kesel (1727-1798); c.1786 sub-Macabre- Medicine There are no marks verso

There are no marks verso and we cannot seen a signature that is visible though it hasn’t been inspected outside of the frame

The quality to the carving here is very high with the drapery in particular with a superb fluidity

The antiquarian-inspired design of this table corresponds closely with a design published by Blackie and Son

The canvas and leather trunk

An 18thC German School Oil on Canvas Portrait of Anna Margaretha Kesel (1727-1798); c.1786 sub-Macabre- Medicine There are no marks versoOrigin: German Period: Neoclassicism Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1786 Height: 31 Width: 23. 75 Depth: 0. 75 The very well executed German School half length oil on canvas portrait, showing Anna Margaretha Keslin (nee Hau) (1727 1798) at the age of fifty nine, in a beautiful black lace dress with period white lace undergarment, swathes of gold chained necklaces with a large pendant jewel, and wearing various other jewellery adornments, in a typically