Featured 19th century portrait.

help please read the signature.

 

Louis Capodimonte?! Louis for sure.

 

Ends in noff or moff? My immediate reaction was that painting is Russian, but signature not in Cyrillic & 'Louis' not Russian form of that name.

 

I'm not convinced the last squiggles are signature... wondering if it doesn't end with the "o" looking bit.

(deleted bit where I asked a silly question, because of a mistaken swoop)

 

Capodino...maybe.

 

Capodino?

 

Crossed posts.

 

Aout 1847.

Debora

 

And Louis Capodinoff is what I read (although I don't think that's a surname.)

Debora

 

These are typically called "Portrait of a Gentleman."

Debora

 

I'm seeing "Fait 1847".

 

I'm not entirely convinced the first letter is C; that was just my first gestalt + it went well with rest of letters.

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I was trying to work out the month & Aout looks right, so we're in a French speaking place. I see Aout 18/17, but, if French, wouldn't it be 18 Aout 17?

 

Sorry Aaron, I'm not seeing 'Fait' at all, but good possibility number is 18X7 rather than 18/17.

 

I also had that thought, but I have questions about it being an actual surname.

 

Being that aout is August in french... perhaps I'm wrong

 

"Capoduro" appears to be a legit surname.

 

Or maybe ends 'lino', which sounds more Italian. Or 'linoff'.

 

Août is indeed French for August, so turns that line into a date & gives a clue about the painter. 'Pinxit' was the going thing to indicate 'painted it'.

 

I do this too: run proposed readings through Google just to see if anyone, anywhere, anytime had that name. I've got that going with the cameo cutter who signed most things Silz, but occasionally one will turn up with something longer that looks pretty clearly like Silimanolz, but just not a going concern.