Adam's THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 26th April 2022

178 297 IRISH SCHOOL (LATE 18TH CENTURY) A Pair of Still Lifes of Fruit on Ledges, with basket and birds Oils on canvas, each 62 x 47cm In elaborate gilt gesso frames by Del Vecchio, inscribed ‘Manufactured by Jas. del Vecchio Jnr Carver & Gilder, 1832 15 Lower Abbey Street’ on trade label verso From this old Irish collection in Dublin made frames, this pair of decorative, if somewhat naive still-lives owe much to the Dublin Society Schools with artists like Gustavus Hamilton, the Dixon embossed prints. Compari- son can be made with early attempts by Ashford in this genre. Provenance: Rathescar House, Co. Louth € 2,000 - 3,000