FRANÇOIS EISEN (BRUSSELS 1685-APRÈS 1778) LE CARNAVAL DES ENFANTS Canvas Signed and dated on the lower left: Fcois Eisen père / 1771 Insciptions in the back of the stretcher : Fcois Eisen 1771 / 11204 The kids' carnival, canvas, signed and dated on the lower left: Fcois Eisen père / 1771, inscriptions in the back of the stretcher: Fcois Eisen 1771 / 11204 46,5 x 37 cm - 18,3 x 14,6 in We can match our painting with Eisen's painting signed and dated 1771, Jeux d'enfants (Tajan sale, 16 June 2015, n°62). The latter bears the same inventory number on the reverse of the stretcher, 11 204. Our painting is very close to the composition by François Eisen preserved in the Musée de Brou in Bourg-en-Bresse (canvas, 46 x 37 cm), signed and dated lower left.

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