Reserved - Henri Mathy, Portrait Of A Woman In A Red Skirt 1760s She’s wearing a brown and

She’s wearing a brown and blue bell-shaped dress

A fine 19th-century oil on canvas depicting a sumptuous interior at Gripsholm Castle in Sweden

930 achieved for ‘Bohemian Life’ at an auction in Hungary in 2008

Perhaps this could be a symbolic reference to the Divine

20” x 24¼” / 51cm x 62cm

Reserved - Henri Mathy, Portrait Of A Woman In A Red Skirt 1760s She’s wearing a brown andAn early 20th century full length portrait of a lady wearing a red skirt and top. The artist, Henri Mathy (1897 1978), has used bold brushwork and impasto to give the figure a striking appearance. As a young man, Mathy fought in the First World War and drew many landscapes from the fields at Flanders. Like many artists sent to war, his artistry provided a brief moment of escape from the mud, terror and drudgery. Following the war, he continued to hone