Circle of Claude-Joseph Fraichot
Besançon 1732 - 1803
A Trompe L’Oeil of a Cupboard with Books and an Ink well behind a Curtain
Medium:
Oil on Panel
Dimensions:
56(h) x 48(w) cms
Exhibitions:
Essay:
Claude-Joseph Fraichot was born into a family of artists in Eastern France and mainly painted portraits and genre scenes. Between 1774 and 1792, he worked as a teacher of drawing at the local École de Peinture.
On the reverse an old label states:
"ce tableau/ a été peint par un / artiste Lorrain, en 1775, /à/ Sarreguemines/ (...)/ - / Strasbourg ce 21 aout 1879"
Provenance:
Private Collection, France
