Rotunda Amid Dense Trees, Intriguing and Atmospheric Hudson River School Oil on Linen Painting Fragment, Framed marketing as he stapled it to

as he stapled it to a piece of hardboard (and it was wrapped in plastic

complete with decorative red stitching on the shorts

11” t x 3 5/8” w x 3 5/8” d

but I can't resist an example like this that exemplifies perfectly executed folding

but what I love about it is the absurd juxtaposition between this very sober looking man holding up his bible and the almost Rococo studio backdrop with painted roses (one imagines they were pink) arching over him from one side and emerging again just behind his right hand

Rotunda Amid Dense Trees, Intriguing and Atmospheric Hudson River School Oil on Linen Painting Fragment, Framed marketing as he stapled it toI find this one super atmospheric and evocative, and a bit mysterious, with this rotunda feeling like a long forgotten place, encircled with overgrowth, but inside of which might be something grand! The painting is 19th century Hudson River School, a fragment salvaged from a larger painting I believe. I opened the frame to see it oil on linen and photographed it both inside and outside the frame, as shown. This one feels to me like inspiration for a