A Stunning Early 19thC Venetian Polychrome & Parcel Gilt Decorated Gondola Chair c.1810 sub-Religion & Relics the God Apep was a

the God Apep was a snake

The artist has used the boards base of brown to good use by leaving certain areas unpainted which is technique well loved by lots of old masters

that period

The painting now hangs in the Philadelphia Museum of Art

for although many of the species are undeniably of great beauty

A Stunning Early 19thC Venetian Polychrome & Parcel Gilt Decorated Gondola Chair c.1810 sub-Religion & Relics the God Apep was aOrigin: Venetian Period: Early 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 20 Height: 39. 5 Width: 35. 5 Depth: 18 (all approximate & at extremities) The shaped Venetian gondola chair having polychrome decorated panels to all sides and retaining the original velvet upholstery, with iron rivet fixings to the legs, the whole beautifully gilded and carved, survives in untouched original order from the first quarter of the nineteenth century The overall