Hope: Allegorical Portrait

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European school (19th century) allegorical portrait of the…
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European school (19th century) allegorical portrait of the figure Hope, oil on canvas, 136.5 x 98 cm within an elaborate gilt wood frame, labelled verso gallery of paintings / Costa Conti / artists / Originals and Copies / medals of 1st Class Italian Exposition of 1861 / Florence / via Romana no 8.

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  • Verso - Verso is the "back" side of a sheet of paper, art work, coin or medal. The front side is "recto".
  • Giltwood - Giltwood is used to describe a gold finish on furniture and other decorative wooden items, whereby a thin sheet of gold metal, called gold leaf, is applied to the surface for decorative purposes.

    Unlike gilding, where the gold leaf is applied over a coating of gesso, with giltwood the gold leaf is applied direct to the surface, or over a coat of linseed oil gold leaf adhesive.

    Most gold-finished mirrors will be gilded, whereas furniture with gold highlights will have the gold applied through the giltwood method.

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