French Restoration Period - Portrait of a Gentleman - 1816

This oil on canvas portrait represents a well-groomed white haired gentleman. He wears a double-breasted black top coat, a high collared white shirt and a white knotted tie, in accordance with the fashion of the French Empire and Restoration periods.

Artist: Unknown.
Signed and dated I.F. Ingall (?) 1816 on right side next to his shoulder.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition. Recent restoration. Original stretcher.
Dimensions: 60.5 x 49.5 cm. / 23 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.
Frame: 74 x 64 cm. / 29 x 25 1/4 in. Gilt wood frame.
Origin: France.