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Attributable to Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena (1807-1876)
He is a major painter of the Barbizon School.
Our painting depicts a lively bucolic scene
with a farmer sitting at the foot of a tree, in the shade of the sun, looking at his cow
Lively Countryside with Cow
Material : oil on cardboard panel
Signature : unsigned
on the back of the cardboard a handwritten inscription : Diaz
on the top right of the painting is an old label.
Condition report : in good condition, with a little lack of paint at the bottom center,
bottom right corner cut, see photos
Dimensions painting : 10.20 x 7.90 in. // 26 x 20 cm
Dimensions frame : 14.50 x 11.80 in. // 37 x 30 cm
Provenance : Private collection (France)
Note : Diaz de la Pena with his friends from the Barbizon school; Théodore Rousseau, Jean François Millet, are forerunners of the French Impressionist movement