Original oil on canvas, framed in a floating white wood tray frame measuring 44 x 54 cm.

When strolling past this house we imagine that passersby might stop and take a moment on the wooden bench. Guided to contemplation, a gentle lullaby playing from above.

Here Chris was inspired by Italian artist Rosso Fiorentino’s 1521 painting ‘Angel Playing the Lute’. The painting was itself a modern reinterpretation of a traditional theme, and Chris has once more re-imagined it for a contemporary audience. Interestingly, under the layers of black on Fiorentino’s painting, the fragment of a building was discovered, revealing the work as part of a lost altarpiece.