Interior of a Foundry

Leonard Defrance (1735 - 1805)

Walker Art Gallery

1789

The painting is signed twice, once in conventional manner, also painted as though in molten metal poured into a mould. The date may have had special significance for Defrance as he took a prominent role in the revolutionary movement in Liege.

• Medium: oil on panel
• Dimensions: 42 x 59 cm
• Grant Paid: £15000 ( Total: £55000)
• ArtFunded in: 1991
• Vendor: Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox

Provenance

H.E.Parsons; Smith; Mrs Shorthouse, Llandrindod.

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