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French school, late 19th century.
Michel Willenich (1827-1891).
Official painter of the Navy.
"The lagoon in Venice".
Superb animated composition of various characters, a gondolier and the arrival of a three-masted ship.
Oil on canvas, signed lower right and dated December 1882 on the left.
Very beautiful and rich frame of the time in wood and gilded stucco.
Width 40 cm x H 27 cm
Frame 59 cm x 46 cm
*Michel Antoine Vincent Willenich, or Willenigh, born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1827 and died on August 18, 1891 in Paris
He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, a student of Jules Lefebvre, Gustave Boulanger and Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg.
He made his debut at the Salon of 18704, was a member of the Society of French Artists, and was appointed painter of the Navy in 1835.
Officer of the Order of Medjidié (Ottoman Empire).
Several of his works are preserved at the Museum of Fine Arts in Brest
Bénézit, Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, p. 1065.
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