Old Painting on Wood from the Barbizon School, Provence Village, Provençal

  

Hello, I am putting up for sale this painting which measures 32 cm in height and 40 cm in width, including the frame. It is a very beautiful oil on isorel panel, signed at the bottom right E.

H and dated 38 for 1938. It depicts a corner of a village, which one immediately thinks is from Provence with its cypress trees, full of charm and authenticity, where stone plays a major role. It is probably the village of Eze, in the PACA region. The play of shadows, numerous and varied, reinforces the nobility of this particularly robust element, which has withstood the test of time just like this village rich in history, whose appearance is probably the same, at least at the time this painting was created, for over a hundred years at the very least.

It would be interesting to know what it is like today. The composition, despite some minor cracks here and there, slight signs of wear, and small stains near the inner edge of the frame, is in good overall condition. The isorel panel is perfectly flat and straight. As for the frame, it remains in fair condition despite some signs of paint oxidation in places and some more or less superficial losses.

It should be noted that the corners are not perfectly stable, even if they only move slightly when pressure is applied to test their fixation. The line in the thirteenth photo, in a zig-zag shape, has been removed since (fourteenth photo). After numerous tests, I realized that the color rendering in the first four photos, with my equipment, is the one that most faithfully represents what can be observed under conditions that most people would consider "normal," namely, providing a good compromise between sufficient light source and nuanced colors without excess. It is good to know that the screens of computers or mobile phones other than mine, depending on their brightness and contrast, can more or less alter the results I have achieved. Keeping these factors in mind, you can nevertheless consider my photos as sufficiently representative of reality, under observation conditions similar to those described earlier.

Attention collectors, vintage item enthusiasts, curiosity seekers, decoration objects lovers, or simply those who admire their intrinsic beauty! This is an excellent gift idea. In order for this to be taken into account, it is imperative that if the cardboard is damaged sufficiently (it is up to you to determine this upon inspection) anywhere, and/or opened, even partially, you ask the delivery person to indicate reservations if it is a shipment with the Post Office, or that you refuse the parcel at the point of delivery staff if it is a shipment to a point of delivery, UNLESS, you will need to ask them, you have the option to note reservations with the scanning device of the shipping receipts - then you can later receive the parcel - before they scan the shipping receipt or perform any other operation to confirm that you have indeed retrieved the parcel; in other words, ask them to thoroughly check the condition of the cardboard, not omitting any area, in these two scenarios before they act. Regarding delivery to a point of delivery, if your refusal to accept is expressed, the parcel will be kept by the point of delivery to be returned to the expertise service for verification aimed at signaling the responsibility of the deliverers and making the insurance effective (elements gathered from their site) in case the item is damaged. Regarding the Post Office, if the delivery occurs in your mailbox because the dimensions of the parcel allow it, without a handover, and the cardboard is sufficiently damaged (a nuance that it is up to you to determine), you will need to return it to the nearest postal point without opening it, asking the counter staff to return the parcel to me (elements collected from their site), also in anticipation of a delivery service verification, UNLESS, as in the case of delivery to a point of delivery, the postal office staff can indicate reservations.

In any case, do not hesitate to take photos of the damaged and/or opened cardboard. You may think, for any reason, that the item inside the cardboard remains in perfect condition, despite the damaged cardboard, sufficiently (it is up to you to determine this upon inspection), and/or opened, even partially, and therefore you do not ask to make reservations, or that you accept the parcel if making reservations is not possible; but know that this amounts to playing Russian roulette since delivery services rely on human error, which incidentally suits them well since, I repeat, the insurance is then no longer effective due to damage caused by the sacred transfer of responsibility from the deliverer to the sender or the recipient; thus, less expense for them since they won't have to pay the insurance amount!

And don't count on a "shake" of the parcel to determine if the item is broken; unless it is glass or ceramics, the sound of breakage is imperceptible, or it may be a protective element inside the parcel. Be sure to communicate all these elements in case a third party retrieves the parcel on your behalf.

However, if the condition of the returned item is different from what it was when I sent it, but no evidence allows us to determine that the deliverers are responsible, then there will be no refund, for the reason that even with excellent packaging it can happen that not only are the shocks during transport extremely significant but also that this occurs without external damage, that is to say on the cardboard. Things that may not have happened during the initial shipment, and that could perhaps have been avoided if the buyer had retrieved the parcel and thus prevented a second transport, theoretically involving twice the risk for the item.

A handover is entirely possible if you make the trip. If you have any questions or would like more photos, feel free to let me know. PS: I have other paintings on my profile.