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Painting Tudor Monarch Mary Stuart Queen Of Scots By Christoffel Bisschop

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This stunning oil painting depicts the powerful Tudor monarch, Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. Created by renowned artist Christoffel Bisschop, this genre portrait captures the elegance and strength of this iconic historical Scottish Royal figure. A must-have for any art enthusiast or history buff, this painting is a true masterpiece statement work of art for your home or office that will wow your guests or clients then this is for you.
Title "Mary Queen Of Scots The Last Farewell"
Signed by the known Dutch artist Christoffel Bisschop.
Medium watercolour backed with board also having a front protective glass cover.
Circa mid 19th century dated 1855.
Set in a fine original traditional decorative gilt frame.
A nice display size with the frame being 39 cm high and 31 cm wide.
Subject genre scene of the known Mary Stuart Queen of Scots in length side profile view, she is wearing a white blouse with cuffs, under a long brown fur showl, below a blue skirt also wearing her brown tan heeled shoes made by Fremyn Alezard. Above she wear s a brown low hat with a white mourning cover underneath. He eyes and head are looking down, she is standing near the foot of the oak staircase, right by the open leaded glass open window, where 2 people a man & woman, he is holding his hat down over the window sill, they are looking through so solemnly, they are also looking down and are so sad in such distress as Marys execution time is so near. You can feel the dignified sadness in this scene.
Artist biography Christoffel Bisschop (22 April 1828 – 5 October 1904) was a Dutch painter and lithographer, known primarily for genre scenes and figures. He was born in Leeuwarden. His father was a prominent merchant. He had several teachers: in Leeuwarden, he studied with the designer Hendik Schaaff (1805–1850), in Amsterdam with the painter Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer, and in Delft with the lithographer Willem Hendrik Schmidt (1809–1849). From 1848 to 1852, he studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, where his instructor was Huib van Hove. From there, he went to Paris, where he took lessons from Charles Gleyre. In 1855, he established a studio in The Hague and exhibited widely, in the Netherlands as well as France and England.
He also had a showing at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Many of his interior scenes were painted in the city of Hindeloopen, which is known for its preservation of traditional costume.
His paintings have sold at auctions around the world the current highest sold price is for 30,197 US Dollars for newlyborn that sold at Christie's Amsterdam.
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.
The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland, Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne.
Mary married her half-cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, in 1565.
On 24 July 1567, she was forced to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son, James VI. After an unsuccessful attempt to regain the throne, she fled southward seeking the protection of her first cousin once removed, Elizabeth I of England.
As a great-granddaughter of Henry VII of England, Mary had once claimed Elizabeth's throne as her own and was considered the legitimate sovereign of England by many English Catholics.
Provenance label verso for a high end Shire auction & now in the collection of Cheshire Antiques Consultant.
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With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home display.
Condition report.
Offered in fine used condition.
Front painting surface is in good condition with some foxing stains in areas, the frame has general wear, scuffs, scratches, cracking, paint loss, fading & chips commensurate with usage & old age.
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Dimensions in centimetres of the frame

High (39 cm)
Width (31 cm)
Depth thickness of the frame (2.5 cm)