1103

$5,036.25

JOSEPH MORVILLER (American/French, 1800-1870) HARVESTING FROM THE RIVER.

Oil on canvas Housed in a magnificent gesso decorated gilt frame with gilt liner (re-gilt) Signed lower right “J Morviller” A nice Hudson River School style composition showing a man with hand scythe filling a boat and a man & woman with a fishing net on a path Joseph Morviller, born in Paris, was a landscape painter & lithographer. He studied fresco painting in England and France. he came to Boston, Massachusetts in 1852, painting his characteristic picturesque winter landscapes with genre elements. His images were published as chromo-lithographs by the Boston art-print publisher, Louis Prang. SIZE: 26″ x 36″. Overall: 36-1/4 “x 46-1/4” CONDITION: Wax lined, restored with inpainting, very good 50065-1 (6,000-8,000) – Lot 1103

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Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antiques - Winter 2016

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