barbizon-school-forest-interior-with-figures-and-hound
Lot 73
Barbizon School Forest Interior with Figures and Hound
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas laid on board, late 19th century, signed at lower left "Calves S.," presented in a later gilt frame with velvet liner.

DOA 32 x 35 in.

From the Estate of the Late Dr. Joan C. Huntley, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Sold to Benefit Art Acquisitions at Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina

Dr. Joan C. Huntley was a lifelong patron of the arts and one of the leading collectors of eighteenth and nineteenth century European Painting in North Carolina. Joan and her late husband, Dr. Robert R. Huntley, established the Huntley Gallery at the North Carolina Museum of Art that housed Barbizon paintings they donated to the Museum, just one example of their devoted patronage to museums throughout the State. Joan served on the North Carolina Museum of Art Board of Trustees, and she was a founding member of the Davidson College Art Collection Advisory Committee. Joan established much of her collection during travels to New York, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Padua, Italy, where she visited every spring. 

Minor re-touch to birch tree at left of center; else good estate condition.