Shepherd And Shepherdess On An Esplanade By Emile Loubon 1809-1863

Oil on canvas measuring 55cm x 44cm plus quality frame 77cm x 66cm representing a shepherd and a shepherdess on an esplanade (title of the painting reproduced on page 54 in the book "Loubon" from 1973 by Paule BRAHIC-GUIRAL This painting is not signed It is written in the presentation of this work in the book "Shepherd and Shepherdess with a flock on an esplanade around 1845 Category Number 55, oil on canvas, 55cm x 44cm, fragment of a screen offered by Loubon to his student and friend Louis Auzende on the occasion of his marriage" on the back of the painting two labels One stipulating what I have just written, written by Auzende's son and the other from the Cantini museum where the painting was exhibited in 1974 former Auzende collection and ex collection of Paule Brahic author of the book Emile LOUBON born in Aix en Provence in 1809 died in Marseille in 1863 Pupil of Constantin and Granet with whom he spent two years in Rome. He had a studio in Paris from 1831 to 1845 He exhibited at the Salon from 1833 An innovative artist, he is considered the leader of the Provençal school and one of the creators of the animated landscape, marked by the swarming of men and animals In 1845 he was appointed director of the Marseille drawing school His works appear in various museums free shipping worldwide