Oil Painting Attributed to George Cattermole "Weighing a Scruple"

Item Details

Attributed to George Cattermole (1800 – 1868)
Weighing a Scruple
Oil painting on canvas
Monogramed and dated to lower corner

Attributed to George Cattermole (1800 – 1868)
Weighing a Scruple, 1850
Oil painting on canvas
Artist’s monogram to the lower left, appears to read ‘GC’
Sticker to verso reads ‘Cantay’

A European oil painting on canvas attributed to George Cattermole (1800 – 1868) dated 1850. The work depicts an interior scene with a man in half armor, helmet, and sword holding a small sack to the left of a man in monk’s robes holding a book and cross. The piece is monogrammed to the lower left and appears to read ‘GC’. It is presented in a gold tone gesso and wood frame.

Condition

- craquelure throughout; some inpainting to monk’s robe at center; inpainting throughout background particularly to archway to upper center and to window at right; wax and relining to canvas to verso; marks and discoloration throughout finish of frame; cracks to frame at corners; chipping throughout frame particularly to corners; abrasions throughout frame; item black light tested.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight measures 13.25" W x 19.25" H.

Item #

18DCC295-047