Balthazar Jean Baron (lyon, 1788-1869). "landscape"

Old wooden frame, wear (loss of gilding). Frame dimensions: 90 x 96 cm.
Dimensions of the painting: 71 x 78 cm. Signed J.Baron lower right. The painting was re-canvased in the 20th century, with a few scratches on the upper right side (see last photograph).
Balthazar Jean Baron (Lyon, 1788-1869) is a French designer, etcher, lithographer and painter.
His paintings are rare on the art market. While managing a silk factory and being a magistrate attached to the Lyon commercial court (1843-1845), he began to produce a certain number of engravings from his own drawings, mainly rural landscapes or views inspired by his region. , but there are also views of Versailles, Senlis and Francheville.
Thirty years ago, only a few local scholars knew the name of Balthazar-Jean Baron (1788-1869). It took one hundred and thirty years, an article in the journal Nouvelles de l'estampe, two exhibitions, the passion of a couple - Colette and Étienne Bidon - and the discovery of a workshop collection of nearly five hundred -twenty-five drawings, washes and watercolors in the reserves of the Paul Prouté gallery to bring this artist out of the shadows.
Exhibitions : 1999  A rediscovered artist, Balthazar Jean Baron, municipal library of Lyon
                    2000 Baron, designer and engraver from Lyon, Brou museum, Bourg-en-Bresse