Barbizon School, 19th Century Peasant Figure on a Wooded Path

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Barbizon School, 19th Century

Peasant Figure on a Wooded Path
Unsigned, inscribed "Diaz" in pencil on the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 9 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. (24.0 x 32.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, stable craquelure, minor frame abrasions.

Provenance: Nelson C. Holland and Elizabeth Hudson Holland, New York, to Mary H. Ford, through to the current owner by family descent.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

With a label from The Edgar O. Wardell Art Company, Detroit, on the stretcher.

A letter affixed to the frame backing indicates that the painting was restored by William Suhr in New York. Trained in Berlin, William Surh (1896-1984) was a painting conservator who worked at the Detroit Institute of Arts for seven years beginning in 1927, and then at the Frick Collection for over 40 years. He also maintained a private practice. His papers are conserved at the Getty Research Institute.

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