François Antoine Bossuet, 1798 – 1889
Painting pair
SOUTHERN LANDSCAPES WITH RUINENSTAFFAGE
oil on wood. Parquet flooring.
31,5 x 50 cm.
Signed underneath a fence: "Fr. Bossuet".
In gilded acanthus decorated frames, one corner solution loose.

Counterparts are landscapes with Mediterranean-style figures, walking along the diagonals leading into the picture space. These are formed firstly by a path running parallel to a river flowing into an open body of water and secondly by a sand path, which is bathed in a pleasant light by the setting evening sun and leads passers-by past a ruin. Trained in Antwerp, the artist, born in Ypres, was known for his Spanish and Italian impressions. He worked on his specialty, perspective, in a treatise and became professor at the Brussels Academy of Art in 1855. Rest. Once with colour losses in lower right corner. (12205627) (13)