Austrian Old Master Baroque Oil on Canvas Painting Architecture Allegory Cherubs Franz Xaver Karl Palko 1750 Mid-Century Modern This very rare original early

This very rare original early printed cream colored silk textile is listed in the major reference book

The carved arcaded front with four architectural arches

the white dial having black Roman numerals

The painting depicts an interior scene of a mother holding an infant in front of an open heath

the sitter wears a Russian sable hat and is wearing a large pearl earring and gold chain of office across his fur coat and is holding an ornate gold topped cane

Austrian Old Master Baroque Oil on Canvas Painting Architecture Allegory Cherubs Franz Xaver Karl Palko 1750 Mid-Century Modern This very rare original earlySOLD An important & large oil on canvas Baroque painting by the Bohemian Old Master artist, Franz Xaver Karl Palko (1724 1767), an allegory of architecture, circa 1750. The painting depicts a heavenly scene with a host of cherbs, some hold floral arrangements, the cherbs with their modesty covered with sheets of silk. To the lower part of the painting there are two cherubs, one cherub with a square & compass and a sketch of a timbered house. The