Lot 597: Philipp Hoyoll, Portrait of a Gentleman, Oil on Canvas, 1858 51x61cm

A nineteenth-century oil on canvas portrait of a bearded gentleman, executed by Philipp Hoyoll. The subject is depicted in a three-quarter view, facing slightly to the right of the viewer. He possesses a full reddish-brown beard and moustache, and wears wire-rimmed spectacles. His attire consists of a black frock coat over a white shirt with visible buttons and a dark cravat. The background is rendered in a muted, mottled olive tone. The painting is signed in red paint in the lower-left corner Ph. Hoyoll. and inscribed Wigan, 7/58. beneath it. The work is presented on a simple wooden stretcher without a frame. The verso of the canvas is darkened with age and features two pieces of cream-coloured adhesive tape and a crude wire for hanging.