Edmond Leclercq (french, 1817 Arras - 1853 Paris) Title: Dreaming On The Château Terrace
Artist: Edmond Leclercq
Genre scene with dreaming women on the castle terrace was executed in 1849 by by morning toilet was executed by listed French romanticist genre, portrait and landscape painter Edmond Leclercq (1817 Arras - 1853 Paris)
He studied under Constant Dutilleux in Arras, then came to work in Eugène Delacroix's studio in Paris. He exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1841, 1843 and 1849. A highly skilled artist, he was often sought after as a "Nègre" by painters such as Horace Vernet and Jean Charles Langlois, who asked him to paint horses or certain elements of their pictures. He himself was above all a painter of battles, tournaments, portraits and landscapes.
Literature: E. Benezit "Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, décorateurs et graveurs" (in French), Paris, 1999. "Lexique général de l'artiste" by Thieme / Becker, Leipzig, 1999; Index AKL.
Inscription: signed and dated (18) 49 lower left.
Technique: oil on canvas,period gilt frame.
Dimensions: unframed 55.5 x 68.5 cm; framed 74.5 x 87.5 cm.
Condition: in very good condition.
4 800 €
Period: 19th century
Style: Other Style
Condition: Excellent condition
Material: Oil painting
Width: 74,5
Height: 87,5
Reference (ID): 1752167
Availability: In stock
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