{"product_id":"italian-school-oil-allegorical-scene-figures-and-putti-overdoor-gilt-frame","title":"Italian School Oil, Allegorical Scene, Figures and Putti, Overdoor, Gilt Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeneath a spreading tree, two women embrace at the left, a third sits in crimson and teal beside a sleeping child, and winged putti fly in against a pale gold and blue sky. The subject is not identified: the embracing pair, the seated woman with the child and the putti are each familiar motifs of Baroque allegory, and here they are combined without a text to name them. The long, low format, 46 inches wide by 26 high, is that of an overdoor, painted to sit above a doorway in an Italian house of the eighteenth or nineteenth century. Unsigned, with nothing on the reverse to fix the painter or the date; the Italian attribution rests on style. Oil on canvas, relined, in a deep carved and gilded frame of acanthus leaves. 46 x 26.5 x 2.5 inches framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelined, with an aged varnish that darkens the shadows and the ground beneath the tree, and scattered surface wear; the figures, sky and drapery read clearly. The carved gilt frame has losses to the acanthus at the corners and rubbing to the high points.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67613253173401,"sku":"VHA-0158","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/allegory_detail_cream.jpg?v=1791558072","url":"https:\/\/valleyhouseantiques.com\/products\/italian-school-oil-allegorical-scene-figures-and-putti-overdoor-gilt-frame","provider":"Valley House Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}