A Large 1930s Belgian School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman by Jose Stozie 1931 sub-Natural History to a sign-written italic script

to a sign-written italic script label reading ‘Gun Powder’ in ivory

having glass inset eyes and being very realistically painted and modelled

The prints are in good overall condition with no damages

persistently burning

The large clear glass bottles having the original square cut stoppers with shield shaped painted banner labels in black lettering on a burnished gold leaf ground

A Large 1930s Belgian School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman by Jose Stozie 1931 sub-Natural History to a sign-written italic scriptOrigin: BelgianPeriod: Early Mid 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1931Height: 44. 5Width: 36. 5Depth: 1. 5The three quarter length portrait of a dashing gentleman by the name of J. Wante, the whole of good size, the sitter probably in his early forties and being clean shaven with a good head of dark hair glancing sideways and in a suit and tie, painted in oils on canvas to an olive ground, shown with his arms crossed, the work being signed and in its