Important Antique Italian Oil on Panel Painting Costume Genre Dog & Beauty Francesco Vinea, 1873 Paintings one rosette with the initials

one rosette with the initials "MRD" the second with the date "1784"

the interior of the trunk with a single candle till

To the front is a single locking drawer with a band of ormolu with circular devices which are repeated on the sides

4" tall X 3

Important Antique Italian Oil on Panel Painting Costume Genre Dog & Beauty Francesco Vinea, 1873 Paintings one rosette with the initialsA very good antique oil on panel costume genre painting by the celebrated Northern Italian artist, Francesco Vinea (1845 1902), the painting dated signed and dated 1873. Vinea studied at The Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and then worked as a designer of illustrated periodicals, he returned to Florence and studied under professor Enrico Pollestrini. Vinea unapologetically produced incredibly high quality humorous and whimsical scenes that were