A Massive 18thC Italian School Oil on Canvas Painting of a Religious Scene c.1750-80 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Grassi is quite a common

Grassi is quite a common surname in Italy but with further research this plaque could be attributed to the correct chapel and exacting family

Rod mounted on an ebonised circular plinth stand the spiral conch shell having a high spire and siphonal canal with a fine colour

Broken down at some stage from a very large piece of country house furniture

to a sign-written italic script label reading ‘Gun Powder’ in ivory

A Massive 18thC Italian School Oil on Canvas Painting of a Religious Scene c.1750-80 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Grassi is quite a commonOrigin: Italian Period: Mid 18thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1750 80 Width: 122. 5 Depth: 1. 5 Height: 59. 5 The massive eighteenth century oil on canvas painting of semi elliptical form, in distressed and un restored condition, stretching to over ten feet wide and five high, depicting a religious scene and surviving from the middle period of eighteenth century Italy. As per the photographs the picture is in decorative but very tired and distressed