Oil On Canvas Depicting A Harvest. 18th Century. Ls55511709

Oil on canvas depicting a picking scene, or genre scene, in a rural atmosphere, some characters picking fruit, others holding flowers in their hands. A character balancing on his ladder picks a fruit from a tree and holds a basket, another prepares to pick it up if it holds it out to him or if it falls. In the center of the composition, a lady or an elegant woman and a man hold small bouquets of flowers, which seems to animate the two other characters surrounding them, the man also holding a rake. In the foreground, we can see a wicker basket loaded with flowers. To the left of the composition, we can see a terracotta orange tree tub. In the background, we can see the tower of a castle or a keep, round in shape, as well as a stormy sky. Two trees punctuate the composition. The figures are dressed in typical 18th century clothing, the men wearing buttoned jackets, silk stockings and flat shoes with buckles and the women dresses, bodices and high-heeled pumps or mules. Finely beaded gilded wooden frame, in the typical Louis XVI style. French work from the 18th century. Dimensions: H 187 x W 124 x D 4 cm Reference: LS55511709