Forest Interior with Wood Gatherer, c. 1860, Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Pe?a, French, 1807¡V1876, 19 1/2 x 15in. (49.5 x 38.1cm)19 9/16 x 15 in. (49.69 x 38.1 cm) (canvas), Oil on canvas, France, 19th century, This sun-dappled view of the forest at Fontainbleau is animated by the tiny figure carrying a bundle of wood. Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Pe?a was a central figure among the colony of painters at Barbizon and first worked in Fontainebleau in the late 1830s. Thereafter, he was a prolific painter of the forest's dense glades and expansive moors; his work was a particularly important influence on the landscapes of the young Auguste Renoir.