German School Lake By Moonlight men A mid-20th-century French portrait depicting

A mid-20th-century French portrait depicting a man wearing a mustard jacket

The portrait is housed within an appropriate later wooden frame

Little is known about him but many painters undertook study trips to France during the 19th-century

24½” x 30” / 62cm x 76cm

The painting is signed/dated in the upper left and housed within a decorative swept frame that’s probably the original

German School Lake By Moonlight men A mid-20th-century French portrait depictingAn atmospheric late 19th century oil on canvas depicting a small fishing vessel floating on a lake by moonlight. The artist has captured the effects of light so majestically, particularly where it cascades across the ripples of water. The painting is monogrammed in the lower right, maybe PB, and inscribed illegibly on the reverse. Medium Oil on canvas Size 19 x 11 49cm x 28cm Year of creation c. 1880 Provenance Germany Condition Light craquelure