A Shepherd Protecting A Young Woman From The Storm - Emile LEVY (1826-1890)

Oil on canvas depicting a shepherd protecting a young woman frightened by the storm. He covers this young woman of high social standing—who is clearly richly dressed and adorned with jewelry—with a sheepskin. Signed lower left E.LEVY, dated 1873. A painter of history, portraits, and genre scenes, as well as a pastel artist, he was born in Paris in 1826 and died there in 1890. A student of Abel de Pujol and Picot, he made his debut at the Salon of 1848 and was awarded medals there in 1859, 1864, 1866, and 1867 (E.U.), 1878 (E.U.), and was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1867. Meanwhile, he won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1854. Major decorative works for the Hôtel de Furtado in Paris, the Church of the Trinity, the 7th arrondissement town hall, and the Grand Café on Boulevard des Capucines. Museums: Amiens, Aurillac, Laon, Le Havre, Le Mans, Montpellier, Nantes, the Louvre, Pau, Périgueux, Reims, Rouen, Sydney, Valenciennes, Versailles. Bénézit, Vol. 6, p. 633; G. Schurr, Vol. 4, p. 103. 187 x 145 with its spectacular frame.