Signed lower right "P. Saint Martin" Collector's stamp lower right "I.S."
Student of Leprince and Vernet, Alexandre Pau de Saint Martin exhibited between 1800 and 1802 (View taken in the park of Saint Cloud, of surroundings of Varennes, An interior of a stable, View of the town of Falaise at sunset with figures, View of rocks and waterfall in the surroundings of Falaise near the tomb of Mlle. Joli, View of garden). In 1804, he exhibited a Landscape taken around Caen with figures and animals and he also exhibited landscapes in 1806, 1812 and 1814. Then in 1810, a View of the port of Rouen, Landscapes and waterfalls as well as a Landscape and animals. And in 1817, he exhibited a View of the surroundings of St. Fargeau in Burgundy and in 1819, a View of the Château de Falaise, where William the Conqueror was born and a Landscape and Animals at Rest.