A touching and sensitive portrayal of a young boy with slightly large ears, wearing a castoff jacket that is still too big for him, gathering firewood in the forest. Dating from circa 1880, the work may have been painted in the woodlands of the Fontainbleau region, adoptive home to some of the greatest painters of the 19th and early 20th Century.In the village of Barbizon, spearheaded by Millet and Rousseau, painters whose key interest was landscape and the depiction of country life had created a created an influential artist''s colony.Our oil on canvas, restored and possibly previously part of a larger composition, is annotated A Thivet on the stretcher and may well be a work of Antoine Auguste Thivet (1856-1927), who had studied with Aim� Millet and Jean Leon G�r�me at the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. he exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1877, with an honorable mention in 1899.Measuring 46 x 38 cm, the overall framed size 51 x 43 cm.Nous parlons fran�ais, 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 46cm (18.1inches)
Width is 48cm (18.9inches)
Depth is 1cm (0.4inches)