Janissary Recently sold creating a Scandinavian style effect

creating a Scandinavian style effect - while retaining French origin and inspiration

Very good state of conservation for the frame with two small impacts on the upper right horizontal edge

After working in fashion in Paris

About the artist: Alphonse Rey was an Orientalist French painter and watercolorist

9" / 42cm x 33

Janissary Recently sold creating a Scandinavian style effectAntique oil painting from France: French School of the XIXth Oil on canvas signed on the back by Victor Pierre Mnard (1857 1938). The canvas has no abundance of material, but is rather smooth with consistent, balanced brush strokes. The scene represents a Turkish soldier on a stool. The light is powerful and very well nuanced against the turquoise blue outfit. About the artist: Victor Pierre Mnard (1857 1938) was born in Nantes in 1857. He trained at