Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1890s.
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left.

The size of the painting without its frame is 38 x 55 cm. The natural wooden/stripped pine frame dates is more recent and adds about 7 cmto each side.
A student of Joseph Blanc, Diogène Maillard and Emile Renard, Edmond
Defonte became a member of the Society of French Artists in 1889.
Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1890s.
Modern french & continental pictures selected by a former french auction house expert
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