DIAZ de la PENA circle - NYMPHS in a WOOD- FRENCH HQ! Brilliant mid 19th C oil on canvas- Beautiful framed! Start Price USD 2,995.00 Current Price USD 2,995.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 4,750.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, May 14, 2008 End Time Saturday, May 24, 2008 Location Haarlem See more about 'DIAZ de la PENA circle - NYMPHS in a WOOD- FRENCH HQ!' Description Click Here. Double your traffic. Try Vendio Gallery Risk FREE!     SANDFORT & MOELAERT FINE ART  17th - 20th C private collection founds of Dutch and European Masters   NARCISSE VIRGILE DIAZ DE LA PENA (circle) 1807- 1876 FRENCH- LISTED   OIL ON CANVAS 'NYMPHS IN A WOOD'   FULLY GUARANTEED More pictures below     We are offering this breathtaking oil of gracious nymphs walking and bathing in the woods. It comes from the collection of John and Rosamund Wallinger. This lovely painting has all the features and senses of the French Barbizon school with the poetic beauty of the nymphs. The scene is veiled in a bright light, surrounded by dark trees. It has been executed in a delicate, early impressionist manner. A truly accomplished work of immense beauty. In his valuable and original frame this painting will be an eye-catcher on the wall. Recent auctions for "Follower of Diaz", "Manner of" and "Circle of” show strong market interest even for works associated with the Artist, although not necessarily by the Master himself.   Medium: Oil on canvas. Size: The size of the painting is 13½ inches wide and 9¾ inches high (33,5 x 25 cm) without frame. Age: Not dated, the painting is from appr. 1850, we fully guarantee the painting to be mid 19th C French. Artist: Illegible monogrammed/signed lower left and at the back of the frame. According to style and subject circle of Diaz de la Peña (= Diaz de la Peña, Narcisse Vergile b. Bordeaux, 21 Aug 1807; d. Menton, 18 Nov 1876), a very well listed French painter, most known for his Barbizon landscapes, Oriental and Mythological scenes. We are selling as circle of Diaz de la Peña, guaranteed to be mid 19th C. Condition: This painting is professionally canvas lined and in excellent condition. Some old but stable craquelure. Under UV we have seen some very small spots of overpaint in the light parts of the figures. Frame: The painting is presented framed in its original fine ornamented gilded composition frame. With cavetto sight, leaf, stepped middle edge, flower and leaf feston, acanthus leaf to the deep hollow, with rich flower and leave ornamented cartouche corners. Condition is perfect, some very small chips, not disturbing. The frame is 4½ inch (11,5 cm) wide. Measurements including frame: 22¼ inches wide and 18¼ inches high (57 x 46,5 cm). Provenance: Collection of John and Rosamund Wallinger (USA) from The Manor House (Upton Grey, UK). Auction house, UK. Museums Diaz is represented in: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Louvre, Paris; The National Gallery, London; The Victoria and Albert, London; The Art Institute of Chicago; The Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria; The Reims Musem, France; The Mesdag Museum, The Haque; The Wallace Collection; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston; The Phoenix Art Museum; and countless other public and in many private collections.       This painting comes with a Gallery COA on request, so bid with confidence!   Please disregard the photoflash                                                                                                                                                                                                    Authenticity Guaranteed! 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