GUGLIELMO FAIJA (1803 - AFTER 1861)
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GUGLIELMO FAIJA (1803 - AFTER 1861)

A young artist, possibly a self-portrait, holding artist's palette and paint brushes in his left hand, facing left in black velvet doublet with lace cuffs, the upper sleeves slashed to reveal white and wide white lawn collar, black trousers and tasselled black sash, short curly brown hair and sideburns, red velvet cloak draped over the back of a wooden chair, seated beside an easel with a portrait of a young lady

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GUGLIELMO FAIJA (1803 - AFTER 1861)
A young artist, possibly a self-portrait, holding artist's palette and paint brushes in his left hand, facing left in black velvet doublet with lace cuffs, the upper sleeves slashed to reveal white and wide white lawn collar, black trousers and tasselled black sash, short curly brown hair and sideburns, red velvet cloak draped over the back of a wooden chair, seated beside an easel with a portrait of a young lady
signed and dated 'Gugl:mo Faija Palno f: 1825.' (upper right)
rectangular, 4 7/8 x 3 15/16 in. (124 x 100 mm.), gilt-metal mount within velvet panel
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