Le Sentier painting Mercier concentrated on the details

Mercier concentrated on the details of the landscape

They often had a bad reputation

The prayer beads are prominently displayed on this beautiful portrait of a pious woman in a white bonnet with bridles

but the overall condition is good

About the artist: Raymond Crétot Duval was a French painter

Le Sentier painting Mercier concentrated on the detailsA late 19th century landscape on a wooden panel, signed Theodore David (1848 1915) in the bottom left. A French painter born in Le Mans (Sarthe) in 1848 and who passed away in the same city in 1915. The artist was a member of the Socit des Artistes Franais and ran a studio in the city of Le Mans (Pays de la Loire). He exhibited twelve times at the Paris Salon between 1880 and 1914. He was known for painting urban scenes, which brought him regional