Atmospheric Antique Oil on Wood Panel Seascape Painting, Framed 1957 Plus big fat old nails

Plus big fat old nails at the base

squarely and I don't think detracts

This elegant

at the end of the line

1900 and weighs in at just over 7 pounds

Atmospheric Antique Oil on Wood Panel Seascape Painting, Framed 1957 Plus big fat old nailsI have be come so much interested in the patina on old paintings, becoming at least as much about their object hood as the image they portray. And my favorite of all is old pool paintings on wood panel; there is just an atmospheric ness and luminosity about them that is its own very special thing. This 19th century seascape is a case in point. Plenty of scattered paint loss (with underpainting showing through), which could be seen as detracting, but I