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19th Century Painting Lady Feeding Goat Flowers Attributed Fantin Latour Theodore

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Experience the wonder of 19th century art with this exquisite painting of a beautiful woman lovingly feeding a goat flowers. Immortalized by the renowned artist Fantin Latour Theodore, this stunning piece of history will add poise and elegance to any living space.
Attributed to the known famous French artist Fantin Latour Theodore born in 1805.
Pastel on paper backed with canvas.
Title "Woman Feeding Flowers To A Goat".
Front profile view of a young woman who is dressed in a blue & white traditional country dress wearing a vibrant textured red headscarf, wearing an earring, she is gazing down looking at the goat tenderly whilst gracefully holding flowers & gently feeding them to the eager goat, with a heavenly beauitful blue & white sky in the background.
The pastel colours are strong & bold.
Unsigned, the brushstrokes are consistent with the artist hand as seeen with his other listed works.
Set in original decorative 19th century gilt gesso oval frame with protective glass front cover.
A great example of his work.
FANTIN LATOUR Theodore (1805 - 1872).
His works fetch up to $286,000 USD record price on 2018 which was for a still life "Narcisses Simples Et Doubles Dans Un Verre Long" sold at Freemans auction in 2018.
FANTIN LATOUR Theodore was a French pastellist painter Born in Metz in 1805. Died in Paris. He is the father of the painter Henri Fantin-Latour. Endowed for drawing and painting, Theodore Fantin-Latour studies in the workshop of the painter of History Benjamin Rolland (1777-1855) at the Art School of Grenoble.
Reference sources 1stdibs, Christies Artnet.
Circa mid 19th century 1850's approximate.
Provenance bought from a fine art auction label verso.
Condition report.
Offered in fine used condition.
Artwork surface in mainly good original condition having only some scattered dirt stain marks in places and some small tears near the edges which have been repaired.
The frame has various signs of old repairs, paint touch ups, cracking, scuffs chip losses in places commensurate with usage & old age.
With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home wall display.
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Dimensions in inches & centimetres of the frame approximate
37.37" High (96cm)
31.49" Wide (80cm)
2.75" Depth (7cm)