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Monumental (91" x 61") Oil Painting by a Follower of Pierre Auguste Cot.

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Monumental (91  x 61 ) Oil Painting by a Follower of Pierre Auguste Cot.
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This mammoth, large-scale oil was painted on fine canvas and beautifully frame. With frame the painting is an enormous 104" x 73" in width. The original painting, the "Storm"  by Pierre Auguste Cot is now hanging in the Metropolitan; it is the same dimensions as this work. When Cot exhibited this painting at the Salon of 1880, critics speculated about the source of the subject. Some proposed the French novel Paul and Virginie by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814), in which the teenage protagonists run for shelter in a rainstorm, using the heroine’s overskirt as an impromptu umbrella; others suggested the romance Daphnis and Chloe by the ancient Greek writer Longus. New York collector and Metropolitan Museum benefactor Catharine Lorillard Wolfe commissioned the work under the guidance of her cousin John Wolfe, one of Cot's principal patrons.  This painting was commissioned due to the fact that the original, donated to the Metropolitan Museum is not for sale, through priceless. Undoubtedly the work of a master artisan, but unsigned, is likely a work done in the past century by the School of r.bianco and if so would have come with a very hefty price tag. Visit www.rbianco.com for more information on the artist and his school.  Truly a one-of-a- kind painting and a most reasonable price in that its consignor no longer has ceiling heights to accommodate.  10205-040718-LA-00057