Louis Auguste Gerard: The Fish Merchant, Oil On Mahogany Panel 63.2cm X 54cm

French school from the beginning of the 19th century, very fine landscape animated with characters, it is about a master fisherman or fish merchant who sells the fruit of his fishing to two women and their donkeys. In the background the fisherman's wife spins wool in front of the door of her cottage and speaks to an apprentice who brings another basket of fish. on the left, fishing nets are drying. In the left corner, the seaside bustling with numerous boats. The scene is probably taken in Normandy. Oil on mahogany panel, the painting is presented in its very beautiful original channel frame in wood and stucco gilded with gold leaf. It is signed lower left LA Gerard. First half of the 19th century. Louis Auguste Gérard, landscape painter, wood engraver, and lithographer, born in Versailles on February 5, 1782, died in 1862. Student of Bertin, he exhibited at the Salon from 1819 to 1843. Pretty painting, very fine painting in the details of the characters, the tree and the house. It is in perfect condition, very fresh. Painting and frame cleaned by our restorer. Superb gilding. Frame dimensions: 63.2cm x 54cm Panel dimensions: 36.2cm x 46cm