River Landscape attributed to to Louis-Gabriel Moreau (1740-1806)

Attributed to Louis-Gabriel Moreau (Paris 1740 – 1806 Paris)
River Landscape with Figures and Cattle on a Ferry

Oil on canvas, 58.3 x 81 cm;

Contained in a giltwood frame of Neoclassical design, outside dimensions 70.5 x 93 cm

Provenance
~ Anonymous auction, Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, 11 November 1997, lot 103, repr (sold fl. 9440 = approx. 4500 euros)
~ Private collection, The Netherlands

This atmospheric landscape is attributed to Louis-Gabriel Moreau (Paris 1740 – 1806 Paris). He is known as ‘Moreau l’Ainé’ (Moreau the Elder) to distinguish him from his younger brother, th painter Jean-Michel Moreau (1741–1814), known as ‘Moreau le Jeune’. Louis-Gabriel was taught by the landscape painter Pierre-Antoine Demachy, who taught him to depict the countryside around Paris. He first exhibited at the Salon de la Jeunesse in 1760. Paintings by Moreau are preserved in the Musée du Louvre, the Magnin Museum in Dijon and the Musée des Beaux Arts in Rouen.

This painting is in very good condition and has recently been professionally cleaned and restored.