French Barbizon school 19th , oil on panel forest scene

French Barbizon school 19th , Oil painting on panel showing a gallant scene in the forest

attribution to “Narcissus Virgil Diaz De La PeÑa (1807-1876)“, French artist 19th century.

Very decorative painting, sold with a beautiful frame.

Info about the artist :

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña (20 August 1807 – 18 November 1876) was a French painter of the Barbizon school.

Díaz exhibited many pictures at the Paris Salon, and was decorated in 1851 with the rank of Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d’honneur.

During the Franco-German War (1870-1871) he went to Brussels. After 1871, his works became fashionable and rose gradually in the estimation of collectors, and he worked constantly and successfully

Diaz himself had no well-known pupils, but François Visconti emulated his work to some degree and Léon Richet followed markedly his methods of tree-painting.

For a period, Jean-François Millet also painted small figures in avowed imitation of Diaz’s then popular subjects. Renoir once said “my hero was Díaz”. In 1876, while visiting his son’s grave, he caught a cold.

He went to Menton in an attempt to recover his health, but on November 18 of that year he died.

Extra info about the painting :

Title: Scène galante en forêt

Materials : oil on panel

Signature: not signed

Provenance: private collection France

Dimensions canvas : 38 cm x 46 cm

Dimensions frame : 67 cm x 74 cm

Condition: good condition

Artiste : Atr. to Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña

School : French School 19th century

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Sold with his original period frame .

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