16th-19th Century
Charles Raphael Maréchal 'Young Man with a Sack of Potatoes', 1859
Charles Raphael Maréchal 'Young Man with a Sack of Potatoes', 1859
£2,500.00
Charles Raphael Maréchal French, 1825-1888
Young Man with a Sack of Potatoes, 1859
£2,500
Oil on paper laid on board
Signed and dated (lower right)
93cm × 99cm (99cm × 106cm framed)
Maréchal was the son of the artist Charles-Laurent Maréchal, and trained by his father from a young age. He exhibited several times at the Salon (the official art exhibition of the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris), including in 1868. In 1872, the City of Metz bought the immense charcoal work Prayer In The Wilderness. This work, particularly the head, is clearly influenced by the work of William Blake.