Austrian Old Master Baroque Oil on Canvas Painting Architecture Allegory Cherubs Franz Xaver Karl Palko 1750 Decorative Arts Eno Gallery in Hillsborough

Eno Gallery in Hillsborough

These doors were most likely for a residential project with the absence of any ecclesiastical design

the cabinet with four 'concertina' doors fitted with the original Oxblood color leather and enclosing a fitted interior

He studied art at Cooper Union in New York and traveled in Europe for further study before moving to Portland

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Austrian Old Master Baroque Oil on Canvas Painting Architecture Allegory Cherubs Franz Xaver Karl Palko 1750 Decorative Arts Eno Gallery in HillsboroughAn 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 painting