NARCISSE BERCHÈRE (1819-1891)

NARCISSE BERCHÈRE (1819-1891)
Le Parc or Landscape with figures, moonlight effect, 1847
Oil on panel
Signed and dated '1847' lower right
(Old restorations)
Oil on panel, signed and dated '1847' lower right
32,5 x 41 cm - 12 3/4 x 16 1/8 in.

Provenance
- Sale, 'Tableaux de maîtres anciens et modernes', Paris, Hôtel Delessert, March 15, 1869, lot 120 (titled 'Le Parc. (Landscape with figures, moon effect)' and erroneously described as painted on canvas)
- Antiquités Gulessian Frères, Marseille
- Private collection, France (acquired from previous owner in 2001, then by descent)

Exhibition
Possibly: Salon, Paris, Musée royal des arts [Musée du Louvre], 1848, no. 290 (titled 'Nuit d'été')

Bibliography
Bernard Prost, 'Berchère, Catalogue illustré de ses oeuvres', Paris: L. Baschet, 1885, described p. 10