Nice genre scene depicts a seamstress, working in the night under lamp light . The painting was executed in 1888 by good listed French flower, landscape and genre painter Victor Lecomte (1856 - Paris - 1920) . Pupil of A.gilbert, acknowledge with figures works in interiors by lamplight) . Exhibited in the Salon de paris in 1877-1914and in 1920 by the society of the French artists. In museum of Nantes situated 2 genre works by him.

Literature: Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künsler..", Leipzig, 1999; E. Benezit " Dictionary of painters, sculptors, decorators and etchers"(in French), Paris, 1999.

Inscription: signed: and dated 1888 lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas, original period gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 13 3/4 " x h 13 3/4" (35 x 35 cm), framed w 18 1/8" x h 18 1/8" ( 46 x 46 cm).

Condition: in very good condition..