The Young Page And His Dog By Adolphe Monticelli 1824-1886

Oil on wood measuring 26cm x 20.5cm plus frame 46cm x 40.5cm signed lower right MONTICELLI very good condition Very interesting work by this great painter who is one of the great creators of modern art of the 19th century with Cézanne and Van GOGH Adolphe Monticelli whose works appear in the greatest museums around the world as well as in prestigious collections His record price being 413,000 USD in 2013 for a small landscape bordering on abstraction and a bouquet of flowers made 208,000 euros in 2022 Van GOGH had the revelation when seeing works by Monticelli at his brother Théo's house. He wrote "I owe everything to Monticelli, he who taught me the chromatism of colors" The painting that I am presenting to you is a very beautiful collector's work, of extreme modernity for the time, pure stains placed with precision (a harbinger of both fauvism and abstraction) on wood left bare in places to give a background color It is listed in the catalog raisonné Volume 1 page 32 number 518 free shipping worldwide