Landscape with Oak Trees
Artist: Georges Michel (French, 1763-1843)
Date: about 1810-1820
Dimensions:
H: 31 1/2 in. (80 cm); W: 38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1962.23
Label Text:Born in Paris, which he rarely left, Georges Michel’s entire work consists of landscapes. In about 1800 he was commissioned by the Louvre to restore 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings, an experience influential on his own art. This landscape with a church spire and characteristic windmills was probably inspired by the countryside near Montmartre, which in the early 19th century was open land on the northern edge of Paris.
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