Old Italian painting from the 18th century. Oil painting on canvas depicting genre scene, a view with architecture, animals and characters in popular taste by an excellent painterly hand. A painting of beautiful size and excellent proportion, ideal for inclusion in a salon or study, for antique dealers, interior decorators and collectors of antique landscapes. Fabulously dynamic work, characterised by figures and clothing in Flemish/Northern French taste (see photo). Painting part of a pendant (see photo and ask for block price if available). Painting complete with finely carved, chiselled and gilded 19th century frame of excellent quality (see photo). Work that has undergone conservation restoration, re-staining and colour repainting in places (see photo). In good condition with some minor signs of time. Light painting H 71 x W 96 cm.