"The Sheepfold In Barbizon By Charles Emile Jacque (french, 1813-1894)"
This animal painting was executed by Charles-Émile Jacque (1813 – May 7, 1894), a famous French pastoralist painter and engraver who, with Jean-François Millet, was part of the Barbison school. Complete biography of the artist see on Wikipedia online under the following link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Jacque.
Literature: artist lexicons of Thieme/Be ker; Benezit; Pierre-Olivier Fanica, Charles Jacque, 1813-1894: Barbizon School: original engraver and animal painter (Montigny-sur-Loing: Art Bizon, 1995) In French.
Inscription: signed lower left; on the back of the antique label plate with inscription in Spanish: Ch. Jacque, “Ovejas” (in English: sheep).
Technique: oil on wooden panel, original period gilded frame.
Measurements: unframed w. 12 3/4” xh 9 1/2” (32.5 x 24 cm), framed with. 19 1/2” x h 16 1/3” (49.5 x 41.5 cm).
Condition: good.
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