This is a beautiful antique oil painting depicting a rural winter scene where we see a snow covered dirt road in the foreground leading to a leading to a small village seen in the background – in the foreground, we see two horses with a man on top of one of the horses holding the reins of the 2nd horse – a woman is seen walking towards the two horses to mount the 2nd horse – it appears that she has just visited somebody in the snowbound house on the left – we see the large trees in the mid-section of the painting bereft of any leaves. The unknown artist has done a very talented job in creating a winter feel to this painting from the leafless trees to the snowbound house as well as the various shades of off-white colors that he used to depict the snow on the ground to include the patches of faded red-brown to depict the bushes & grass that are without snow on them – the gray shadows on the roof of the house on the left are also quite well-done. The sky is typical of a winter day with some pale blue color & gray & off-white clouds floating through the sky. The painting measures 18″ x 24″ & is in very good antique condition – it has been professionally cleaned to remove the old varnish made brown with 125 years of grit & chimney smoke & revarnished to bring out the wonderful colors that the artist originally intended for this painting – it is greatly enhanced by its original ornate gilded wooden frame which measures 23″ x 29″ & is also in very good antique condition – note of the reverse in the corners of the wooden stretchers are cast iron braces with a patent date of 1885 – also, on the reverse of the frame is stamped “Boston Public Schools”. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “rdl7204″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Unit of Sale: Single Piece
- Size: Medium
- Signed: No
- Material: Canvas
- Item Length: 24 in
- Region of Origin: New England USA
- Framing: Framed
- Subject: Landscape
- Type: Painting
- Year of Production: 1890
- Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
- Item Height: 18 in
- Style: Americana, Folk Art, Realism
- Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
- Production Technique: Oil Painting
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Item Width: 5 in
- Handmade: Yes
- Time Period Produced: 1850-1899