Charles Morancé (1872–1935) - Cathédrale du Mans

Artist: signed in red at the bottom left “Ch. Morancé” and dated “1893 Charles Morancé (Le Mans, 1872 – Boulogne-sur-Seine, 1935), cited as a “painter from Sarthe” in La Province du Maine (1936, vol. 16, p. 65-69). - Technique: oil on canvas (old wooden stretcher), [canvas dimensions: 46x 27cm; with frame: 46x 65 cm]. - Subject: rural landscape with a road bordered by poplars, houses with tiled and slate roofs, and in the distance a town dominated by a large silhouette that could be the Saint-Julien Cathedral of Le Mans - Frame: antique, dark wood with a gilded edge. 19th-century Barbizon frame - Condition: craquelures and yellowed varnish visible in the sky, with no hole or apparent tear. Oil-migration stains on the back. No known restoration. - On the back: pencil annotations on the frame, chalk-number “H261” and a small stamp at the top right. No gallery label or title. - Provenance: purchased in Angers

Estimation:€600

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