This oil on canvas depicts a traditional floral still life featuring a central bouquet of roses in various stages of bloom and shades of pink, cream, and deep red. The arrangement is accompanied by apples, purple grapes, a brown ceramic pitcher, and a vibrant blue dish or platter. The painting displays expressive brushwork with notable impasto on the flower petals. It is set within an ornate, heavily moulded gilt composite frame decorated with scrolling foliate and shell ornamentation. The verso reveals a wooden stretcher with the painting secured into the frame using extensive amounts of aluminium foil tape and white adhesive tape over a brown cardboard backing. A partial stamped mark is visible on the cardboard backing on the right side with the characters REID & SONS discernible, likely indicating a retailer or framer. No artist signature or date is visible on the front of the work.
Dimensions: 25 x 20”
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