Antique Italian oil painting portrait study entitled Itinerant Musicians After Christian Dietrich

Antique Italian oil painting portrait study entitled Itinerant Musicians After Christian Dietrich. Continental School, Italian. Circa 1820-60. Unsigned, artist unknown, but After Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (on label on reverse). Oil on panel. Elaborate gilt gesso frame. Depicts musicians with fiddle and pipes outside an inn. Size of frame: 12.5 x 11.5 inches; Size of panel: 8.5 x 7 inches; Size of front portrait aperture: 7.75 x 6.5 inches. Weight: 709g (allow 3 kg volumetric weight once packed). Condition commensurate with age - various superficial marks & scratches and some minor knocks and cracks to gesso frame but all part of its charm and character. Priced accordingly.