C. F. Ceramano Oil on Canvas France XIX Century - Shepherd's Scene
Features
Shepherd's Scene
Artist: Charles Ferdinand Ceramano (1829-1909)
Artwork title: Scena pastorale
Age: 19th Century / 1801 - 1900
Subject: Landscape with Figures
Origin: France
Artistic technique: Painting
Technical specification: Oil on Canvas
Description : Scena pastorale
Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. A young shepherdess leads her flock of sheep to the entrance of a wood, in a green hilly countryside. On the frame, a label shows in addition to the name of the painter, also a more specific title "Moutons dans la forêt de Barbizon", placing the scene on the edge of the forest of Fontainebleau, near the charming village of Barbizon, which became famous thanks to the painters 19th century French landscape painters (Rousseau, Millet, Daubigny, Corot) who even founded the Barbizon School art movement here, considered a precursor of Impressionism, which lasted from 1830 to 1875, a period during which artists came to enjoy the peace of this quiet village and the beauty of the surrounding nature. Charles Ferdinand Ceramano, pseudonym of the Belgian painter Semain, also settled in Barbizon in 1872, where he devoted himself to painting animals and landscapes, pastoral scenes with sheep and sheepfolds. Restored and relined, the painting shows slight color losses. It is presented in a late 19th century frame, with slight shortcomings.
Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of wear.
Frame Size (cm):
Height: 113
Width: 96
Depth: 9
Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 80
Width: 65