This wonderfull still life with peonies was executed in the Belle Epoque time, signed by the artist with monogram and due to the comparison with füother fully identical flower paintings by the same artist was attributed to French flower painter and textile designer Eugène Petit (1839–1886) was born in Paris in 1839. He briefly taught the American painter Henry Woodbridge Parton, ca. 1875. He specialized in still life paintings of flowers and fruits, as well as sporting dogs. His work has been found in museums in Carcassonne, Compiègne, Courtrai, Rouen and Saint-Etienne in France as well as The Sladmore Gallery in London. Some of his work has been auctioned at Bonham.

Literature: Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart" (in German); Benezit (in French).

Inscription: signed with monogramm lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original frame.

Measurements: unframed w 27 1/8" x h 17 " (69 x 43 cm ) , framed 32 3/4 " x 22 1/2 " ( 83 x 57 cm )

Condition: in very good condition