André GIROUX (Paris 1801 - Id 1879).
Oil on canvas.
Its gilded wooden frame, from the 19th century.
Dimensions: H 84 x W 53 cm.
The hunters hidden behind a rock, near the torrent of Bréda, await the arrival of the chamois, in the background the glacier of Gleisen develops...
Our painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1837, No. 848. It is the sketch of a very large painting (326 x 262 cm) commissioned in 1831 for the Ministry of the Interior. It was exhibited at the Musée du Luxembourg in the years 1860-1870, then exhibited at the Musée du Louvre.
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