Age of this oil on board painting

Hello, could you please let me know how old this painting looks? It is unsigned and it appears to have some crackling. Thanks!

 

It's very difficult to see. Would/could you post a photograph of it taken straight on including frame?

Debora

 

Here is a more direct one, thanks!

 

Thanks!

 

I would not call that "crackling" but a texture that was applied to the front to paint on top of. The painting kind of resembles a print decoupaged to the front to my eyes, but that may be the result of it being so very highly varnished that it shines excessively. I don't think this is as old as it wants us to believe it is...

 

The frame looks older than the painting, I think someone had the beautiful frame and tried to make a painting that would look "antique" to fit inside of the center of it, but it doesn't even quite succeed at that.

 

Thanks, I thought that it might have been a print or a varnished picture

 

I LOVE the frame, now that I see it better!!! Kind of Looks like Birds Eye Maple, I think........

 

I thought it was maple too! Thanks. I'm still not sure if it's the varnish or the wood texture that's causing the image to warp, but the frame was my favorite part!

 

Frame is mid 19th century. Painting is on a solid wood chamferred panel so could be as old as the frame. Also not unusual for these panels to shrink a bit over time. Would cause the kind of paint distortion seen, as well as not fitting the frame quite properly.

 

Thanks, Brad. I Knew there had to be an explanation! That frame is just too nice.

 

Thanks!

 

Thank you, Brad

Could you please explain how this could be "chamferred" panel wood? Do you mean someone sat there with a gouge and gouged all of the uneven surface intentionally? Why? I can understand how something done like this could warp out of the frame, just hard to imagine someone would do that intentionally to a wooden surface prior to painting a fine art painting? It looks so shiny. Not like antique varnish.

I didn't see anything like this when I do a search for it and never heard of such a panel board to paint on.

 

Apologies, maybe it is the photographs, but any 'chamferred' lines appear to be slightly bent and more look to be a comb of sorts pulled through glue or other gunky texture applied prior to painting. I could find no other example of chamferred wood used to paint antique paintings on top of. Not saying it's never been done before, but that I doubt that's what we are looking at here.

 

Back of the wood panel is chamfered.