£900
Attributed to Edward Alfred Chalon (Swiss-British, 1780 - 1860) - L'horoscope (The Fortune Teller) - Oil on leather mounted on a metal plate - 46.5 x 37.5cm - 66 x 56cm framed - Signed and titled label attached to the verso - A monogrammed watercolour of the same subject offered at Sotheby's London on 20th September 2019 (lot 641). The oil painting appears to be a variation of the scene with slightly altered elements, such as the replacement of the figure of the woman to the left with a wall niche housing a glass jug, and an inclusion of a dog in the foreground. The symbolic elements such as the zodiac emblem on the wall and the skull and bones ornament on the fireplace are nearly identical.
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