Vintage Oil on Board Portrait of a Cardinal, Unsigned white stallion On the back of this

On the back of this small

with no missing stitches that I can see

with not a chip or crack or flaw that I can see

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Vintage Oil on Board Portrait of a Cardinal, Unsigned white stallion On the back of thisI purchased this portrait from the son of it's original owner, who he told me she had "run" Bergdorf Goodman's in 1930s. I believe that was an exaggeration, but she did have some wonderful things, which he was selling off. This unsigned portrait might date from the 30s or so, I am not exactly sure; the artboard on which it was painted was at some point covered on the backside with a sort of adhesive vinyl, with the only information on it is a very