Nicolas De Largillière (Circle), Portrait of Frédéric III De Saxe-Gotha-Altenbourg Naive This fine early 19th-century oil

This fine early 19th-century oil on canvas depicts a fishing boat moored in a European port

close to Siena

the sky could clear and transform the topography

chest of drawers

it’s a masterful little piece

Nicolas De Largillière (Circle), Portrait of Frédéric III De Saxe-Gotha-Altenbourg Naive This fine early 19th-century oilThis early 18th century oil painting by an artist working in the circle of Nicolas De Largillire (1656 1746) depicts Frdric III, Duke of Saxe Gotha Altenbourg (1699 1772), shown here in youth and splendour. Clad in ceremonial armour and wrapped in the scarlet of command, he gazes outward with the calm assurance of rank. The composition is based upon an original portrait by de Largillire, painted in Paris around 1720 when Frdric was still a young