SMALL PORTRAIT OF TWO PLAYING CATS, OIL ON BOARD, LATE 19TH CENTURY. (QA751)

(QA751) The "Antique Paintings - Cat Portraits" category offers a pleasant oil painting on board with a portrait of two curious little kittens playing, from the late 19th century. It is a charming portrait depicting a delicate domestic scene with two small cats, one of whom is emerging from a wicker basket, while the other is captured in a playful pose with a ball of wool. The scene is rendered with great painterly sensitivity and attention to detail, typical of animalier painting between the 19th and early 20th centuries. The masterful use of warm light, soft shading, and realistic rendering of the feline coat give the artwork significant decorative and emotional value. The antique painting is signed lower left "A. Roy," a minor French painter. Aimée Roy (19th-20th century), an artist known for her intimate and bourgeois-style scenes, active between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Additionally, the artwork features a beautiful, authentic, and original gilded frame from the 19th century, contemporary to the painting. The antique painting and its frame have been professionally and meticulously restored. Antique Painting from the late 19th century. French Antiquity. Bisgart Collection YOUTUBE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/_GV2URJm7uE *** Board dimensions: 24 x 15 cm Dimensions with frame: 41.5 x 34 cm Depth: 7 cm Weight: 2.5 Kg www.bisgart.com Bisgart Collection Antique Paintings | Cat Portraits | Small Portrait of Cats | French Antiquity