Interior of a Wood at Pierrefitte  1822

Oil on paper, laid down on cardboard [br]Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 16 in. (28.3 x 40.6 cm) The true subject of this painting is the dispersal of sunlight in a thicket of trees, where the only patch of sky is visible as a reflection in the stream at center. It was sketched at Pierrefitte, just to the north of Paris, in 1822, the same year Leprince made his public debut at the...