Lazare Bruandet (1755-1804)
The walkers H. : 41 cm - L. : 53 cm
Oil on panel signed and dated 1807 lower right (in an old Louis XVI style gilded wooden frame). Considered as a landscape precursor of the Barbizon school, he painted scenes of the forest of Fontainebleau "after nature". Louis XVI, who went there to hunt, even said "I only met Bruandet and wild boars while crossing the forest".
Provenance : Galerie La Tour Camoufle ; Paris, January 28, 2008. A certificate of authenticity established by the Gallery La Tour Camoufle will be given to the buyer.
