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Little Angler in a Sunny Landscape, Ca 1840, French Plein Air Oil on Canvas Painting
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Little Angler in a Sunny Landscape, Ca 1840, French Plein Air Oil on Canvas Painting

19th century
Sold 3 October 2025 · Skippings Fine Arts
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Nobody has solved the mystery how Auguste Mathieu, born into a poor working class family in Lyons in 1807, became a student of the renowned painter Pierre Luc Charles Ciceri in Paris. It must have taken incredible drive - and talent!

Still, he exhibited at the elite Paris Salon from the age of 26 in 1833 until 1863, the year of his death. Following in the footsteps of Ciceri, he undertook several stays in Germany, where he painted architectural views. He also traveled throughout France, painting monuments and genre scenes.

Our little angler was painted on one of Mathieu's excursions into the French countryside. It is a peaceful, light flooded scene, clearly painted en plein air. We can sense the artist's appreciation for nature and for the beauty of the day.

Works by Mathieu are today in the collections of the National Library and the Museum of the Army in Paris, the Fine Arts Museums of Dijon and Reims, and in the museums of Langes, Bourg en Bresse and Laon.

Our oil on canvas measures 24 x 33 and is signed at the lower left. With stable craquelure throughout, the work dates circa from the 1840s. The overall size including a Louis XV style frame is 34 x 41 cm.

Physical Dimensions
Height
24cm (9.45")
Width
33cm (12.99")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Declaration

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this Antique French Landscape Painting to the 1850s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1065607
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Nobody has solved the mystery how Auguste Mathieu, born into a poor working class family in Lyons in 1807, became a student of the renowned painter Pierre Luc Charles Ciceri in Paris. It must have taken incredible drive - and talent!
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Still, he exhibited at the elite Paris Salon from the age of 26 in 1833 until 1863, the year of his death.
Skippings Fine Arts

Following in the footsteps of Ciceri, he undertook several stays in Germany, where he painted architectural views. He also traveled throughout France, painting monuments and genre scenes.

fig 1. An antique oil painting depicting a river landscape with a figure fishing, enclosed in an ornate gilded frame with carved scrollwork and shell motifs.
fig 1. Little Angler in a Sunny Landscape, Ca 1840, French Plein Air Oil on Canvas Painting

Our little angler was painted on one of Mathieu's excursions into the French countryside. It is a peaceful, light flooded scene, clearly painted en plein air. We can sense the artist's appreciation for nature and for the beauty of the day.

fig 2. An antique oil painting depicting a river landscape with a figure fishing, enclosed in an ornate gilded frame with carved scrollwork and shell motifs.
fig 2. Little Angler in a Sunny Landscape, Ca 1840, French Plein Air Oil on Canvas Painting

Works by Mathieu are today in the collections of the National Library and the Museum of the Army in Paris, the Fine Arts Museums of Dijon and Reims, and in the museums of Langes, Bourg en Bresse and Laon.

fig 3. An antique oil painting depicting a river landscape with a figure fishing, enclosed in an ornate gilded frame with carved scrollwork and shell motifs.
fig 3. Little Angler in a Sunny Landscape, Ca 1840, French Plein Air Oil on Canvas Painting

Our oil on canvas measures 24 x 33 and is signed at the lower left. With stable craquelure throughout, the work dates circa from the 1840s. The overall size including a Louis XV style frame is 34 x 41 cm.

Height
24cm (9.45")
Width
33cm (12.99")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Date of Manufacture

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this Antique French Landscape Painting to the 1850s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1065607
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Skippings Fine Arts
Sellingantiques verified Since Feb 2018

Modern french & continental pictures selected by a former french auction house expert

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Archive I An antique oil painting depicting a river landscape with a figure fishing, enclosed in an ornate gilded frame with carved scrollwork and shell motifs. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Little Angler in a Sunny Landscape, Ca 1840, French Plein Air Oil on Canvas Painting

Archive II An antique oil painting depicting a river landscape with a figure fishing, enclosed in an ornate gilded frame with carved scrollwork and shell motifs. View II
Archive III An antique oil painting depicting a river landscape with a figure fishing, enclosed in an ornate gilded frame with carved scrollwork and shell motifs. View III
Archive IV An antique oil painting depicting a river landscape with a figure fishing, enclosed in an ornate gilded frame with carved scrollwork and shell motifs. View IV
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An antique oil painting depicting a river landscape with a figure fishing, enclosed in an ornate gilded frame with carved scrollwork and shell motifs.
Little Angler in a sunny landscape, ca 1840, French plein air oil on canvas painting
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An antique oil painting depicting a river landscape with a figure fishing, enclosed in an ornate gilded frame with carved scrollwork and shell motifs.
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  • ObjectFramed Art
  • Period19th century
  • StyleBaroque Revival
  • MaterialOil on canvas, gilt wood
  • ColourMuted Green and Blue
  • MotifsShell cartouche corners, Acanthus leaf scrollwork, Raised foliate relief
  • SizeH 24 cm (9 in) x W 33 cm (13 in) x D 1 cm (0 in)

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Plein air paintings from the 19th century were created outdoors to capture natural light and atmospheric effects, often depicting rural landscapes, rivers, and everyday scenes with loose brushwork.

These works typically utilised oil paint applied to stretched canvas, housed within heavily carved and gilded wood or plaster frames.

Authenticity is assessed through examining the canvas weave, craquelure patterns in the oil paint, stretcher frame construction, artist signatures, and the age-related patina of the framing.

An antique landscape painting serves as a focal point in traditional or eclectic spaces, often mounted on neutral walls to highlight the depth of the canvas and the detail of the ornate frame.

Preservation requires maintaining stable temperature and humidity levels, avoiding direct sunlight to prevent fading, and consulting a professional restorer for cleaning or canvas tension adjustments.
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