Jean-Baptiste Jules Trayer (French, 1824-1909), Two Young Travelers

Oil on canvas (lined), signed at lower left, presented in a later gilt frame.

Stretcher size 22 x 18 1/4 in.; Frame dimensions 30 1/2 x 27 in.

From the Collection of the late Victor Lefkowitz, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Jules Trayer was born in Paris and trained under his father, a landscape painter, and Justin Lequien at the Académie Suisse in Paris. Well known as a genre painter, many of his works depict scenes set in Brittany. Trayer regularly exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1847 onwards.

On newer stretchers; very minor scattered retouch visible under UV light; minor flaking to frame.

$1,000 - 3,000