Vintage Oil on Board Portrait of a Cardinal, Unsigned huge bowl perhaps once part of a

perhaps once part of a set of fireplace tools

but might try to sing it a few times first

made even better by the free-hand painting of his eyes and paws

The hat he wears I believe is a galero

I have not touched either the wood or brass

Vintage Oil on Board Portrait of a Cardinal, Unsigned huge bowl perhaps once part of aI purchased this portrait from the son of it's original owner, who he told me she had "run" Bergdorf Goodman's in 1930s. I believe that was an exaggeration, but she did have some wonderful things, which he was selling off. This unsigned portrait might date from the 30s or so, I am not exactly sure; the artboard on which it was painted was at some point covered on the backside with a sort of adhesive vinyl, with the only information on it is a very