Antique Oil on Canvas Orientalist Painting Moorish Spain "Gate of The Sun" Toledo by Pollok Sinclair Nesbit 1872 Decorative Arts with enameled floral & bat

with enameled floral & bat decoration

The properties and paraphanelia of this were purchased in 1874 by P

he turned an industrial hub into a timeless metaphor for man's impact on nature

the rear legs having a gentle outswept 'sabre' shaped leg

Antique Oil on Canvas Orientalist Painting Moorish Spain "Gate of The Sun" Toledo by Pollok Sinclair Nesbit 1872 Decorative Arts with enameled floral & batSOLD A large & important Orientalist oil on canvas painting, Moorish Spain, by Pollok Sinclair Nesbit (1848 1922) ASRA, "The Gate of the Sun" Toledo, 1872. A member of The Royal Scottish Academy (see below the Royal Academy's entry from 1922) Pollok Sinclair Nesbit was a talented artist & painted frequently in Italy, Spain, & North Africa. He excelled at painting Orientalist subjects such as The Alhambra in Granada and Arab scenes in Morocco &