Albert (Paul Albert Besnarddit) Besnard Albert (Paul Albert Besnard, 1880 - Sketch for the mayoralty of the 19th district of the City of Paris: Summer - fine art print

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In an ornate golden frame, newlyweds leave home to grieving parents while in the foreground, on the left, out of the frame, a female figure draped embodies summer by its attributes: and sickle the sheaf of wheat.

Summer, second sketch of a cycle of seasons associated with the stages of life, is part of a set of 4 projects submitted to the open competition by the City of Paris in 1879 for the decoration of the wedding room of the Town Hall nineteenth district of the City of Paris. The artist received a troisème price for the project, which was never controlled him.

allegorical scene, Ages of Life, Marriage, Allegory of Summer, Summer

Interesting facts about this over 140 years old painting

In 1880 the painter Albert (Paul Albert Besnarddit) Besnard Albert (Paul Albert Besnard created the painting. The beyond 140 year old original measures the exact dimensions: Height: 41,3 cm, Width: 26,8 cm and was crafted with the technique Oil, Canvas (material), cardboard, wood (material). The original artwork was inscribed with the following information: Signature - Bottom right: "Besnard". The artwork can be viewed in in the Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris's digital art collection located in Paris, France. With courtesy of: Petit Palais Paris (public domain license).The creditline of the artpiece is: . Furthermore, alignment is portrait and has a ratio of 2 : 3, meaning that the length is 33% shorter than the width.

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