Virgin And Child, Around 1700

Superb Madonna and Child on landscape background, oil on walnut panel in oval format, with a wax seal on the back. French School, follower of Nicolas LOIR, around 1700. Size of the painting: Height 34cm; Larg.30.5cm. In a gilt walnut frame, Louis XVI period; Frame dimension: Height 47cm, Width 43cm. Nicolas-Pierre LOIR (or LOYR) :( French School) History painter and engraver born in Paris in 1624, died in the same city on May 6, 1679. Pupil of VOUET and BOURDON, he was received academician in 1666.