Edmond Leclercq (french, 1817 Arras - 1853 Paris) Title: Dreaming On The Terrace Of The Castle

Genre scene with dreamy women on the terrace of the castle was executed in 1849 by les toilette du matin was executed by Edmond Leclercq (1817 Arras - 1853 Paris), French Romantic painter of genre, portrait and landscape. He has studied by Constant Dutilleux in Arras, then came to work in the studio of Eugène Delacroix in Paris. He exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1841, 1843 and 1849. An artist of great skill, he was often sought out as "Nègre" by painters such as Horace Vernet and Jean Charles Langlois who asked him to paint horses or certain elements of their paintings . He himself was above all a painter of battles, tournaments, portraits and landscapes.

Literature: E. Benezit "Dictionary of painters, sculptors, decorators and engravers" (in French), Paris, 1999. "General glossary of the artist" by Thieme / Becker, Leipzig, 1999; AKL index.
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.