Cagnes-sur-Mer Pet portrait with pops of warm color

with pops of warm color and bright sunshine apparent against a bluebird sky

signed illegibly in the lower left and dated 1902

The condition of the painting is very good

Materials: Oil painting on canvas with an antique Beaux-art wooden frame

The frame itself is contemporary and not an authentic antique

Cagnes-sur-Mer Pet portrait with pops of warm color19th century oil on wooden panel, signed lower left J. Vernay for Josphine Vernay (1861?). The location, Cagnes sur Mer, is noted on the reverse. Haut de Cagnes, a medieval village, attracted a significant artistic community in the early 20th century. Pierre Auguste Renoir spent his final years there, drawn by the Mediterranean climate and landscape. A small format landscape depicting the village rising on its hill. The brushwork is short and