Francis Sydney Muschamp RBA, A Game Of Chess

Francis Sydney Muschamp RBA, A Game Of ChessThis late 19th century oil painting by British artist Francis Sydney Muschamp RBA (1851 1929) depicts a mediaeval couple playing chess within a historic interior, perhaps a castle. Muschamp was predominantly known for his imagined domestic scenes with figures dressed in period costume. Hailing from Hull in Yorkshire, Muschamp moved with his family to London early in life, where he was probably taught to paint by his father, Francis Muschamp Senior. He

is a charming historic town situated close to the French border

Caffieri captures the figures exquisitely - a master draughtsman

Stéphane Leroy hailed from Belgian and was naturalised in France

it was Brittany

1885) depicts a partly destroyed farmhouse in a forest clearing

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 19” x 15” / 48cm x 38cmYear of creation: c

This early 19th-century British school oil painting depicts a seafaring merchant before a full-rigged ship

Von Boeckh

Victor Gilsoul (1867-1939)

so perhaps this inspired him

With her face in repose

contorted trees and shimmering puddles