Lot 6: Simon Mathurin Lantara (Oncy 1729-1778 Paris)

An Italianate wooded landscape with peasants and their flock resting by a path
signed 'Sn Lantara' (lower right)
oil on canvas
41.2 x 49.4 cm.

For 40 years in the collection of the family of the present owner.

The present composition is reminiscent of 17th Century Dutch Italianate artists, such as Herman van Swanevelt and Jan Asselijn, who both worked in France.

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