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Portrait of an elderly man, signed. Spanish School. 20th cen…
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Portrait of an elderly man, signed. Spanish School. 20th cen…
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Estimate €600 - €2,000
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Description
Portrait of an elderly man, signed. Spanish School. 20th century
Oil on canvas. Dimensions 46 x 39 / 55 x 47 cm. A bust portrait of an elderly man wearing a dark hat, depicted in foreshortening and captured with a lively expression that combines irony, weariness and humanity. The neutral, tenebrist background draws the eye to the face, where loose, vibrant brushstrokes effectively render the wrinkles, the greying beard and the reddish tones of the skin. The composition relies on a play of warm light and deep shadows that evokes the tradition of character portraiture, reinterpreted with a modern sensibility and a free, spontaneous execution. The work stands out for its expressive immediacy and its exploration of the sitter’s psychology, within a 20th-century Spanish pictorial language that is attentive to the power of gesture and the rich texture of the surface. A signature is visible, although the artist’s identity cannot be definitively confirmed on the basis of the image alone.
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About the sale
GRAND JULY AUCTION – FINE ART, OLD MASTERS AND JEWELLERY
Auction location
Auction time
07/15/2026 at 3:00 PM
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