Attributed to NARCISSE VIRGILE DIAZ DE LA PEÑA (French, 1808-1876)
Faggot Gatherer in the Forest of Fontainebleau
Oil on beveled panel
3-3/4 x 5-1/2 inches (9.5 x 14.0 cm)
Bears signature lower left: N. Diaz
Inscribed indistinctly verso: Signé des Initiales N Diaz a gauche

THE JEAN AND GRAHAM DEVOE WILLIFORD CHARITABLE TRUST

Alternate Artist Spellings: "De la Peña, Narcisse Virgile Diaz", "Diaz de la Pena, Narcisse", "Diaz de la Pena, Narcisse Virgile", "Diaz de la Peña, Narcisse Virgile", "Diaz De La Pena, Narcisse Virgilio", "Diaz de la Pena, Narcisse Virgille", "Diaz de la Pena, Narcisse-Virgile", "Diaz de la Pena, Narcisse-Virgilio", "Diaz de la Pena, Narcisse-Virgille", "Diaz de la Peña, Narcisso", "Diaz de la Peña, Narcisso Virgilio", "Diaz de la Pena, Virgilio Narcisse", "Diaz de la Peña, Virgilio Narcisse", "Diaz de la Pena, Virgilio Narcisso", "Diaz de la Peña, Virgilio Narcisso", "Diaz, Narcisse", "Diaz, Narcisse Virgile", "Diaz, Narcisso", "La Peña, Narcisse Virgile Diaz de", "Narcisse Virgile Diaz", "Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena", "Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña", "Pena, Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la", "Peña, Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la"

Varnish layer; possible light surface grime; otherwise, no visible condition issues; under UV light there are a handful of tiny spots which fluoresce in the center of teh composition and a few lines of fine inpaint in the lower left corner not interfering with the signature. Old varnish.