A Very Large Pair of 17thC French School Oil on Canvas Portraits of the Comtesse de la Rochelle & Rene Ferdinand de Precipiano, Baron de Cuse c.1630-40; Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire sub-Decorative Objects on red tortoiseshell veneered crucifix

on red tortoiseshell veneered crucifix with scroll inscribed INRI above

The gilt and gesso frame with stylised tendril borders and scrolling foliate cresting flanking marginal plates in the Louis XV style with the original heavy plate glass survives from nineteenth century Italy

is of the Cunard White Star Company

Ringling Bros

of the White Star Line who owned the RMS Titanic

A Very Large Pair of 17thC French School Oil on Canvas Portraits of the Comtesse de la Rochelle & Rene Ferdinand de Precipiano, Baron de Cuse c.1630-40; Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire sub-Decorative Objects on red tortoiseshell veneered crucifixOrigin: French Period: Louis XIII Provenance: Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire (Possibly from the Collection of William Beckford) Date: c. 1630 40 Heights: 94. 5 Widths: 53. 5 (each & in frames) The very large French School oil on canvas portraits at approximately eight feet high each, in faux grained painted frames, depicting the Comtesse de la Rochelle and Rene Ferdinand de Precipiano, Baron de Cuse, both in their splendour, amongst country house settings