Sale 218 Lot 167

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL
19th century
A Riverside Chateau with Figures by a Footbridge
Oil on canvas
An unsigned 19th-century Continental oil painting depicting a cluster of stone manor buildings with steep slate roofs and tall chimneys, set behind a tranquil river or canal lined with poplars and pollarded willows. In the foreground, rustic figures, including a boy seated on a wooden footbridge and two figures with a dog near the bank, animate the pastoral scene beneath a dramatic, cloud-filled sky. Framed.
19 x 25 inches; frame: 21.25 x 27.25 inches
$600-800