oil on panel
40.9 x 56.5 cm (16 1/8 x 22 1/4 in.)
signed lower right



Leon Richet s work was greatly influenced by his teacher Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena, one of the leading artists of the Barbizon School. Just like his teacher, Richet found himself painting at Fontainebleau and Barbizon  areas treasured for their pristine beauty by the landscape painters of their prior generation. It is in this area that Richet would create his best known works, for which he is remembered as one of Diaz s most successful students.