William Dennis Dring, Mary

William Dennis Dring, MaryThis soulful portrait by British artist William Dennis Dring (1904 1990) depicts Mary wearing a dark blue jumper and burgundy jacket. It was exhibited at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and dates to 1963. Theres a sense of movement in this piece note the slightly open mouth, as if shes about to talk, and the loose brushwork where her jacket meets the background. Dring was a notable artist with several high profile commissions including from the

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He carries the air of a confident chap and clearly a man of means

which was understated when compared to the extravagance of the Marie Antoinette era

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 26½” x 21½” / 67cm x 55cmYear of creation: c

Signed lower left and held within a Dutch-style wooden frame

this group gathered in the village of Skagen

An exquisite portrait of a boy by Italian artist

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 21” x 29” / 54cm x 74cmYear of creation: c

The painting is monogrammed in the lower right and housed within a frame that’s probably its original

Provenance England

The portrait is signed/dated in the top left and housed within a later frame

The frame has a few losses here and there but it’s fine to hang