Jean Joseph Bellel, Paysage, 1843, Jean Joseph Francois Bellel (French, 1816-1898), Mountain Landscape, oil on panel, initialed and dated lower left, signed dated and dedicated on 19th century label verso, transport label verso with cataloging information, 9.5"h x 6"w (sight), 13.25"h x 10.25"w (frame)

Provenance: From the Collection of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw; Galerie Fischer Kiener, Paris

Notes/Literature: Art dealer, connoisseur, and philanthropist Eugene Victor Thaw (1927-2018) was widely considered to be among the world's greatest collectors of European master drawings, French Post-Impressionism, Cubism, and an early advocate of the American Abstract Expressionists. One of the most respected art dealers of his day, he is credited with placing hundreds of major works into museums around the world, and was the founding member and past president of the Art Dealers Association of America.

Good/Fair, small losses and rubbing around edges, darkened and slightly yellowing varnish