PAIR OF GLASS-MOUNTED FIXTURES REPRESENTING COUNTRY LANDSCAPES IN THE STYLE OF VAN DEN BERGHE

A pair of oval reverse glass paintings depicting rural landscapes by a river. One of them shows, on the left, four houses separated by a path. In the foreground, a woman accompanied by a little girl, seen from behind, are walking towards the village. In the second, an old man and a child are walking up the path leading to a house located at the edge of a forest. Dutch painting enjoyed considerable success in France around the middle of the century, notably thanks to the "rediscovery" of Vermeer by the art critic Théophile Thoré-Burger, who praised him in his Salons. This led to the emergence of a multitude of realistic landscapes and genre scenes, inspired by the Dutch "minor masters" such as Ruysdael, Jan Steen, and van den Berghe, with figures integrated into panoramic landscapes or domestic interiors. Our two reverse glass paintings have retained their original giltwood frames, carved with garlands of roses, egg-and-dart motifs, and darts. Some minor losses to the wood. Louis-Philippe period, Circa: 1840 Dim: L:58cm, D:2cm, H:50cm.