A sweet and intimiste family scene by the rarest of artists: the French early 19th Century child prodigy Hippolyte Poterlet (1804-1835).Poterlet was a close friend and confidante of Eugene Delacroix, the leader of the French Romantic school movement. He met Delacroix when he was just 14 years old, and copying old master paintings in the Louvre - one of the best ways for a young artist to study colour and composition. Held in great esteem by Delacroix, the two artists would discuss and constructively criticise each others artworks and works in progress. In 1825, Poterlet travelled to England with Delacroix, where he met Wilkie, Lawrence, Fielding, Copley, Etty et Bonington. In 1827, he travelled to the Netherlands, to copy and study the Dutch Masters such as Rubens and Rembrandt ) : Delacroix qualified one of these copies ''a true masterpiece''.Poterlet exhibited at the Salon of 1827, 1831 and 1833. He died from tubercolosis in 1835, aged only 31 years old. An oil on canvas relined and restored, our wonderful and rare painting measures 43 x 38 cm. Marks from the previous stretcher bars remain faintly visible. Dating from the 1820s, it is signed at the lower right. The overall framed size is 54 x 50 cm.Nous parlons français, und wir sprechen auch Deutsch! Paintings may be viewed in Norwich and in Paris, as well as in London and Cambridge by appointment. Please contact us if you would like further details and images of an artwork.Height is 43cm (16.9inches)
Width is 38cm (15.0inches)
Depth is 1cm (0.4inches)