Property of James and Laura Meyer, Bluffton, SC

Description:

Leon Victor Dupre (French, 1816-1879), Troupeau Pres d'un Pont, Oil on Board, 1855, signed bottom right and dated 1855, depicting a bridge with cows in a landscape, the board with stencil verso 'Muller Fils a Paris' and with Sotheby's barcode label, in a giltwood frame. Frame size: 29 1/4 in. x 36 3/4 in. Provenance: Sotheby's Arcade: Old Master and 19th Century European Art, January 11th, 1999, Sale 1639, lot 382, $8050.

A French landscape painter, Victor Dupré was taught painting by his brother Jules Dupré. Like his brother, he was friends with Théodore Rousseau, Constable, Turner, Crome, and Bonington, the great landscape artists of the time. He was awarded the third prize at the Salon of 1849. In circa 1850, he began painting rustic scenes of nature, his favorite subjects. A plein air artist, he traveled throughout France, painting its riverbanks and the stormy skies of Berry, the Limousin region, and Normandy. (Askart.com)

Measurements: Height: by sight 17 1/2 in. x Width: 25 in.

Condition:

Good condition, minor inpainting along edges other scattered minor inpainting.

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