French School, 19th Century ''italian Landscape''

This wooded landscape, no doubt inspired by the surroundings of Rome, is animated in the foreground by washerwomen gathered around a river.

Italy was an almost unavoidable trip for the artists of the 19th century, as well as for the poets, writers, but also for the collectors of all Europe, who practiced the Grand Tour. Rome and Italy fascinate by all that the artists can draw from it.

On the back, stencil mark in vermilion paint of the color merchant ''Muller Paris'' for the period of 1842 - 1854 https://www.guide-labreuche.com/collection/commerces/muller-fils