17th-Century Portrait Of A Spanish Actor Italy A picturesque oil on canvas

A picturesque oil on canvas depicting a farm building and cart before a small church

It’s a little tatty with two small dents

Oil on wood

which is probably the original

The mark you can see in the lower right is on the glass rather than the drawing

17th-Century Portrait Of A Spanish Actor Italy A picturesque oil on canvasA large 17th century portrait of an actor dressed to the nines while performing on stage. His outfit dates to around 1585, so its plausible that hes taking part in a Shakespearean play. Perhaps this painting was a commission by the actor himself to celebrate a particularly illustrious role? We can only speculate but its certainly had an interesting life. Several areas of the painting are so worn that the paint is barely visible for example, the