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Beautiful painting on canvas depicting a thatched cottage in a landscape animated by two figures, signed lower right: "A. de Fontenay".
Daligé de Fontenay Alexis Léonard, born April 29, 1813 in Paris, died 1892 in Paris.
A landscape painter, he was a pupil of Watelet and Hersent at the École des Beaux-Arts, where he entered in 1831.
This well-crafted canvas is representative of the spontaneity of the excellent painter Daligé de Fontenay, who painted landscapes from life without retouching.
French school, original frame gilded with gold leaf. Chassis with keys.
Very good condition.
W/H with frame: 98 X 70 cm.
W/H unframed: 68 X 40 cm.
Ref: 25K74EH5IH