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(French, 1715-1800)
Landscape With a Farmhouse, (ca. 1770)
Signed "Desfriches", lower center
Black Chalk and Grey Wash on Creme Laid Paper
6-7/8 x 9-3/4 in (17.2 x 24.6 cm)
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Provenance: Count Moriz von Fries, his collector's mark (L. 2903, his characteristic mount); Dr. Adam Politzer, his collector's mark (L. 2037, verso). |
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A student of Bertin and
Natoire, Desfriches made his drawings from nature, embellishing his landscapes
with figures. His work shows a clear influence of the Dutch masters of the
seventeenth century, such as van Goyen and Ruisdael. The Musée des Beaux-Arts of the City of Orléans was originally established during the French Revolution to house the collections of Desfriches, and those of the painter, Jean Bardin. |
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