An Early 17thC Italian School Oil on Canvas Study of Julius Caesar c.1600-10 sub-Macabre- Medicine and the result is a

and the result is a truly charming and exceptional piece of romantically charged folk art jewellery

and since 1789 have been displayed at the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence

) flanked by mythological beasts

and possibly Aubusson

1880Width: 36” Height: 30

An Early 17thC Italian School Oil on Canvas Study of Julius Caesar c.1600-10 sub-Macabre- Medicine and the result is aOrigin: Italian Period: Early Baroque Provenance: Chateau Lamarge, Fontanges, Auvergne, France Date: c. 1600 10 Height: 21. 75 Width: 17. 5 The very scarce and well executed Roman school oil on canvas study of Julius Ceasar, in relic condition, depicted wearing an elaborate oak leaf crown of writhing and battling figures and wearing his regalia, with his head turned to sinister, the whole surviving from the first decade of seventeenth century Italy,