Attributed to Achille Etna Michallon

A set of three. Paper laid down on canvas. All three canvases have been relined. All three show repairs to scratches and minor tears to paper. Largely though, these retouchings have been limited to the periphery of the composition and do not include the foliage of the trees. Along the edges, retouchings have been applied where prior frames might have rubbed the edges. The paintings seem to have retained much of their original coloration, impasto, and paint quality. All three are in identical and gilt wood frames with minor abrasions to the gilding.
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The present paintings can be related to a very close composition by Achille Etna Michallon, signed and sold with Sotheby's London, October 28, 2004, lot 178 (see B. Lesage, "Achille-Etna Michallon (1796-1822). Catalogue de l'Oeuvre Peint", in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, October 1997, vol. CXXX, p. 114, cat. no. 15, reproduced).