Allegorical scene with nymphs on the lake shore was executed by famous French painter Emile Louis Foubert (1848 Paris - 1911 Paris). 1872 Soldier in a Infantryregiment. Studied: since 1872 Ecole for Drawing and Painting, Bayonne bei Achille Zo; then School of Fine Art in Paris bei Léon Bonnat, Charles Busen und Henri Leopold Lévy. Mythologjsche, religious und allegorical subjects, under them many were lithographed; female nude paintings, genre, portraits, and also landscapes from Region Paris (espessional Seine- und Marne-Shore). Since 1884 -member of Society of French Artists. Awards: 1879 Honourable mention; 1880 Med. 3. Class; 1885 Med. 2. class, 1889 Bronze medall, 1900 Silver medall.

WORKS: : BAYEUX, Museum Baron Gérard: Portret von Camille Corot, El, 1892; Portret on Jean-François Millet, El. BAYONNE, Mus. Bonnat: Archit project. neo-Greek, 1885; Farmer pouring milk; Naked man study (nach Michelangelo); Arm study with elbow pad, jeweils drawings. COMPIEGNE, Mus. Antoine Vivenel: Bras de Seine in Vétheuil, El, Salon 1875. PARIS, BN, Cab. prints. SAINT-ETIENNE, MAH: St John in the Desert, El, Salon 1875 (State purchase).Exhibitions: 1875-1910 (oder ´11) Paris, Salon.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: ThIeme/Becker 12, 1916 and 199; in French: E.Benezit "Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs; Harambourg, 1985; Marchal/Wintrebert, 1987; Schurr/Cabanne I, 1996; A.Roussard, Dict. of the painters in Montmartre, S. 1999; Benezit V, 1999. IFF, After1800 VIII, 1954; Schurr III, 1976; The State and Art (1800-1914). The enrichment of civilian and military buildings in Limousin, Limoges 1999; E.Hardouin-Fugier, The Painter and the Animal in France in the 19th century, S. 2001; G.Desport, Repert. painters and sculptors from the Basque Country, Anglet 2002.

Inscription: signed lower left, original antique bronze plaque with the name of the artist and original title in French: „ La main chaude ” (in English: the hot hand).

Technique: oil on canvas. Luxuriousy original period frame.

Measurements: w 15 1/3" x h 19 1/2" ( 39 x 49,5 cm), w. 21 1/2" x h. 25 1/2" (54,5 x 65 cm ).

Condition: in good condition.