This large oil on panel painting by Ferdinand Roybet (1840-1920) is a character study of a 17th Century standard bearer. The subject stands, holding the standard and is beautifully rendered in flesh tones, with a ruffled collar, and silky type sleeves, so real that you can see the folds in the fabric as well as in the standard. There are buildings in the background as well as an open sky. The painting comes in a large gilt frame with name plate. There is an old sticker on the back of the frame which reads “Property of Grayson County State Bank”, a bank in Texas that was acquired by another financial institution. It is likely that this large painting may have hung in a bank lobby or in the office of the president of the bank.

The panel measures 51” x 38” and with the frame the overall dimensions are 63” x 50”.

Condition: On stable, beveled panel. Frame abrasion with some areas of associated gilding transfer at edges. A hairline scratch in lower right quadrant, extending throughout that area. 3 approximately 2-inch scratches at upper half of right edge. A vertical crack in center of lower half of the work, with some visible retouching. A few scattered minor hairline scratches. Finely patterned craquelure throughout. Some scattered pinpoint losses and small, faint scuffs. Not examined out of frame.
Under UV: heavily applied varnish fluoresces green. An approximately 2-inch vertical line of retouching at lower edge, approximately 2-inches inward from lower left corner. Retouching to extreme edges of panel, probably to address prior frame abrasion. Aforementioned retouching to crack in center of lower half of panel. A very few dots and dashes of retouching to the lower left of the figure's chin. Beneath the varnish layer, there appears to be some strengthening applied to the figure's mustache and the hair at his forehead. A small area of retouching just below the scratches at upper right.

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