Early 17th-Century Italian School, Portrait Of Saint John The Evangelist Men A late 18th-century oil on

A late 18th-century oil on canvas depicting a rural scene with a rustic timber-framed cottage and a boy playing with a dog

Her eyes convey a kindness and there’s the inkling of a smile

Inscribed on the reverse and held in a later frame

as Wykeham Archer explains

This gentle 20th-century interior scene by Bernhard Oscarsson (1894-1977) depicts a woman knitting within a farmhouse kitchen

Early 17th-Century Italian School, Portrait Of Saint John The Evangelist Men A late 18th-century oil onThis beautiful early 17th century Italian oil painting depicts Saint John the Evangelist in prayer. Its a fragment of a larger work possibly portraying either the Lamentation of Christ or the Nativity. His expression is somewhat enigmatic. John the Evangelist was one of Christs twelve apostles and traditionally thought to be the author of the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation. Hes also referred to as John the Apostle. Over the centuries, hes