19TH CENTURY OIL ON CANVAS, DEPICTING A ROMANY

GYPSY WOMAN WITH CHILD IN A MONUMENTAL CARVED AND GILDED ORIGINAL FRAME. POSSIBLY BY RUSSIAN ARTIST KARL HUN, UNSIGNED. ON PERIOD GERMAN CANVAS, MUNICH. PAINTING IN POOR CONDITION HEAVY CRAQUELURE SOME PAINT FLAKING, AND SOME PAINT LOSS. PAINTING NEEDS TO BE CLEANED. APPEARS TO HAVE INSCRIPTION IN PENCIL ON BACK STRETCHER. SIGHT SIZE 45 3/4" X 38 1/4", OVERALL WITH FRAME 60" X 52 1/2". FROM THE ESTATE OF BOSTON ARTIST AND DESIGNER JOSEPH MODLICH. PAINTING WAS FOUND IN A BARN ATTIC IN STOUGHTON, MA WHERE IT HAD BEEN STORED SINCE THE 1930S.