A Late 19thC French Provincial Naïve School Oil on Canvas of a Rural Scene; 1880; M. Gilbert sub-Decorative Objects and broad faces

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A Late 19thC French Provincial Naïve School Oil on Canvas of a Rural Scene; 1880; M. Gilbert sub-Decorative Objects and broad facesOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1880Width: 21. 5Height: 16. 5Depth: 1. 5 (in frame)In entirely original condition, the provincial oil on canvas painting of a youth with a stallion and hunting dog amidst classic rural French countryside walking upon a track by a river side, painted in the nave style by a journeying Englishman, and housed in its original time worn frame, signed and dated 1880 M. Gilbert to the lower right,