Lovely genre scene with children-musicians was executed by listed French painter Anatole Fouquet (1793-last mentioned in 1837). Active in Paris. A student of François Alexandre Pernot. -In the Salon landscapes of Normandy, Savoy and Switzerland (oil, Aqu.); also portraits and genre scenes.
EXHIBITIONS G: 1833-37 Paris, Salon.
Literature: "General Artist´s Lexicon" by Thieme/Becker, Leipzig, 1999; Harambourg, 1985; Bénézit V, 1999 - Les salons of retrouvés (K Calais and others), II, [Lille] 1993.
Inscription: signed lower left.
Technique: oil on canvas. Luxuriousy original period gold-plated frame.
Measurements: unframed 21 2/3" x 26" (55 x 66cm,) framed 30" x 34 1/4" ( 76 x 87 cm)
Condition: in good condition, original canvas professionally relined. |