Monumental painting with boat ride in dusk was executed by good listed and high quoted French landscape and architecture painter Paul Emmanuel Peraire (1829 Bordeaux - 1893 Paris). Studied by Isabey and Luminais. Works are in the Museum of Bordeaux.

Literature: Schurr IV, 1979; Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary", Leipzig, 1999.

Inscription: signed lower left.

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

Measurements: unframed w 52"x 35 1/3"(132 x 90 cm), framed w 65 1/2"x h 48 5/8" (166,5 x 123,5 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.