Albert (Paul Albert Besnarddit) Besnard Albert (Paul Albert Besnard, 1880 - Sketch for the wedding room of the town hall of the 19th district of the City of Paris: Winter - fine art print

Original artwork description by the museum's website (© - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris)

In an ornate gilt frame, a nun stands at the bedside of an old man near death, a child looks on behind a wall while a woman crying painfully at the foot of suffering. Out of the frame in the lower right corner, symbolizing winter, a woman wearing a heavy coat warms up near a brazier.

In winter fourth sketch of a cycle of seasons associated with the stages of life, is part of a set of 4 projects submitted to the open competition by the City of Paris in 1879 for the decoration of the wedding room of the Town Hall nineteenth district of the City of Paris. The artist received a troisème price for the project, which was never controlled him.

allegorical scene, Ages of Life, Allegory of Winter, Death, Aging

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The over 140 years old masterpiece Sketch for the wedding room of the town hall of the 19th district of the City of Paris: Winter was made by the artist Albert (Paul Albert Besnarddit) Besnard Albert (Paul Albert Besnard in 1880. The 140 year old painting had the size - Height: 41,3 cm, Width: 30,3 cm. Oil, Canvas (material), cardboard, wood (material) was used by the artist as the medium of the painting. The artwork's inscription is the following: "Signature - Bottom left: "Besnard"". Moveover, the artpiece is included in the Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris's art collection, which is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement. The modern art public domain piece of art is included with courtesy of Petit Palais Paris.The creditline of the artpiece is the following: . Besides this, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with an aspect ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width.

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