An Early 20thC German School Oil on Canvas Painting of a Gentleman Dated to 1927 sub-Decorative Objects If the analogy is not

If the analogy is not too far-fetched

The jardinière stands true and its condition overall would be described as fair to good

Time (in his allegorical form) is often depicted revealing or unveiling the allegorical Truth

The first would have bore an extract of the Iris family or Iridaceae

The later base has been made integral

An Early 20thC German School Oil on Canvas Painting of a Gentleman Dated to 1927 sub-Decorative Objects If the analogy is notOrigin: German Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1927 Height: 35. 5 Width: 29 The half length portrait of a middle aged German gentleman in contemplative mood and sensitively executed, the sitter shown as a studious man of thought, his head resting to his hand sitting in an armchair to a dark ground with red tones, the work presented unframed and indistinctly signed and dated to 1927 lower right. The picture remains in original though