Offered for your consideration today is this striking antique original oil painting on canvas. This early unsigned piece appears to the European, and the work of an old master, perhaps Flemish. As you can see, the painting depicts two children and an old woman in the foreground and a shadowy male figure in the background to the right. As you can also see, while this appears to be quite a well-done painting, it has suffered some damage over the years, including paint losses/wear to the canvas, crazing and shifting in the frame. That being said, I still think this painting has a strong aesthetic and is worthy of display and/or restoration. As framed, the piece measures approximately 20 1/4″ by 15 3/4, ” with a site/canvas measurement of approximately 18 by 14. ISSUES: First the painting has extensive cracquelure and cracked paint throughout the canvas. It also has a small hole in the middle left where there is paint loss. It also has paint loss in other areas. The painting conservator stated that the cracking in the paint surface would not be repaired when restored and would still be present even when relined. It has also been restretched on larger stretcher bars at the top and bottom at some time in the past and shows the old edges of the original painting. It would be best to have it put on shorter stretchers and a new frame made. It is a charming painting for someone who is able to do the work himself and willing to overlook these flaws. Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “ANTIQUE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS Old Master European, Flemish EARLY” is in sale since Thursday, October 19, 2017. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “thebuxtartshere” and is located in Redding, Connecticut. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.

• Painting Surface: Canvas
• Medium: Oil
• Originality: Original
• Date of Creation: Unknown
• Width (Inches): 14″
• Height (Inches): 18″
• Features: Framed
• Region of Origin: Europe