German School 18th.Century Gouache On Vellum The Secret Circa.1770 Prometheus Chained on mount overall

on mount overall

By the 1780s

daughter of Louisa Tollemache

Thomas Walmsley 1763-1805

Presented in a period Watts Style frame

German School 18th.Century Gouache On Vellum The Secret Circa.1770 Prometheus Chained on mount overallGerman School 18th. Century. Study of a young lady in a bright blue dress looking almost seductively at the viewer, signalling not to speak with her finger on her mouth and an open book on the table next to her, The Secret. Composition after an engraving by Pierre Maleuvre 1740 1803, tempera on vellum stretched on wooden panel, Circa. 1770. 24. 5 by 31 cms. Image. Presented in a period carved ebonised fruitwood frame.