Superb Antique French Oil Painting, Nature Morte, Signed by Artist, Orig. Superb Antique French Oil Painting, Nature Morte, Signed by Artist and in Orig Frame, Still Life with Birds, 27.5″ x 24″. All items and photos are the express property of Antiques & Uncommon Treasure. No reproduction without prior written consent. We’ll be sending out sale notices and special deals to our’Favorites’ customers. Exceptionally fine 19th century oil painting on stretched linen canvas. Signed by the artist, “Lezoy” or perhaps Leroy or Lezou. But the painting is a beautiful rendition of a popular 19th century theme known as “nature morte”, a still life which usually had birds, animals, sea creatures or fish and sometimes kitchen tools. The genre has more to do with a sort of prayer for the bounty of a meal to be prepared than it does to do with dead things. Normally it’s that which will be prepped for the evening meal, and often a pan and some vegetables complete the scene. Seems a little odd, perhaps, but they were almost always hung by strings, almost a Trompe l’oeil type of still life set up. This one is exceptional in both condition and beauty, and the frame is as nice as the painting. That’s unusual too for the old frames that are stucco on wood. This is a very heavy old solid wood frame. Both frame and painting present in fine form. Very good to excellent condition throughout. The painting is stunningly beautiful in composition and palette and is without damage. The painting is on what I believe to be the original stretcher frame and that measures 18″ x 15″. Outer frame measurement is 27.5″ x 24″ and it is 2.5 in depth, heavy at over 11 pounds. Frame is gesso/stucco on solid wood and presents in excellent condition. Our photos are large and clear. We do expect our customers to review them all, evaluate the item based on both our description and our images. Thanks for all the compliments – we love what we do! Antiques & Uncommon Treasure – all the best, all the time! We’re easy to deal with. You are very important! Our fine inventory is very important. And your ranking of our performance is also very important! We wish to keep our 4.9 – 5 star ratings in all categories. We always insure our items BUT, more importantly, pack them extremely well knowing that most are not replaceable. Please remember that when leaving DSR ratings. Icon here or above to see more of our inventory, offerings and venues. We have a HUGE assortment of the finest antiques to be found online, all at your fingertips with Antiques & Uncommon Treasure. _gsrx_vers_631 GS 6.9.8b6 (631).