Jmd Lafontaine - Lakescape From The Salon Of 1833 - Gouache On Marouflaged Paper

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Lake landscape
Gouache on paper, annotated 3096
Restoration-period stuccoed and gilded beech frame
Sight dimensions: L. 32.5 ; W. 49 (cm.)
Overall dimensions : L. 71 ; W. 55 (cm.)
Paris, circa 1833

Charming, lively lakeside landscape, built around a fairly pronounced diagonal. In the foreground, two elegant women and a man accompanying them, responding to a second trio in the background. A beautiful, animated landscape, echoing the clichés of Northern Italy.

Jacques Michel Denis (de) Lafontaine

A painter listed as early as the Consulate, he is credited with creating the first panoramic wallpapers. He exhibited regularly at the Salons between 1796 and 1833. He opened a studio in 1831.

In this work, we find the qualities of finesse required in the work of a fan maker, a specialty that occupied the artist in the latter part of his life.

Bibliography: 1833 Salon des Beaux-Arts booklet, “3096 - vue prise dans un parc [gouache]”.

Condition report: the drawing is very fresh, and the frame is in good condition.