Antique 1800s Oil Painting French Landscape Shepherd Sheep Harvest Signed

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View Antique 1800s Oil Painting French Landscape Shepherd Sheep Harvest Signed with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. The Shepherd and the Stacks. A sheaf is cut grain tied and stood in little cones on the stubble to dry, small and in their hundreds. These are stacks. There are only four of them, they stand well clear of one another, and the light on them is the low light of the end of the year, with the far end of the field already gone into mist and a flock brought down in front. Galerie Club Original paintings from France since 2017 The Shepherd and the Stacks Gaston Guignard (1848-1922)  ·  French School  ·  Signed lower left, Salon painter Not hay, and not sheaves either. English keeps one word where French keeps two. A sheaf is cut grain tied and stood in little cones on the stubble to dry, small and in their hundreds. A stack is what happens next, the dried sheaves carted back and built up into masses sometimes as tall as a house, holding the crop until it is threshed. These are stacks. There are only four of them, they stand well clear of one another, and the light on them is the low light of the end of the year, with the far end of the field already gone into mist and a flock brought down in front. Canvas 12 1/2 x 16 in 32 x 40.5 cm Framed 18 1/2 x 22 in 47 x 56 cm Medium Oil on canvas Signed Gaston Guignard, at the lower left Reverse The stamp of the Paris colourman Alexis Ottoz, a house recorded as a supplier of canvas to the Barbizon painters Reference Guignard showed at the Salon from 1874, took a medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889 and was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1891. The Musee d’Orsay holds his Troupeau a l’abreuvoir of 1894 Frame Wide gilt frame with moulded ornament Condition Good original condition. The canvas has never been relined and the colourman's stamp is still legible on the back. Photographed front and back. Corners protected, face shielded, double boxed and sent by UPS Express Saver , fully tracked to your door. The frame ships with the painting. An original painting enters the country free of customs duty and is declared at full value . The buyer is the importer of record. A customs processing fee or the carrier’s clearance charge may still apply. Canadian buyers pay GST or HST on import, 5 to 15 percent depending on the province, collected by the carrier on delivery. Buyers elsewhere should check the rules of their own country before buying. Condition: Used. Category: Art › Paintings.