TROYON; CONSTANT
1810 S鑦res - 1865 Paris

The Woodcutter. Oil on canvas. Relined. 49;5 x 35cm. Signed lower right: C. Troyon. Framed.

Verso:
Adhesive label on the stretcher of the Gallery Dr. B黨ler; Munich.

Literature:
M黮lersch鰊; Bernd/Maier; Thomas; "Die Maler der Schule von Barbizon - Wegbereiter des
Impressionismus"; Stuttgart 2002; fig. p. 335.

Provenance:
Private collection; Southern Germany.

The painting present stems from the best period of Troyon's work.
The masters of the School of Barbizon connected their criticism of the destruction of the native forest of Fontainebleau with the motif of the "woodcutter" as early as the middle of the 19th century. And they have done so with success. Thanks to their initiative Emperor Napol閛n III put great parts of the forest unter nature protection in 1853 and extending in 1861.

target="_blank">Infotext_Swabian private collection.
Art trade; Van Ham.