Old oil painting Franchard Forest Fontainebleau 19th century

An old oil painting on loose canvas depicting a wooded landscape crossed by a stream, treated with a spontaneous and expressive touch, featuring generous paint texture and beautiful impasto. The composition, structured by large tree trunks in the foreground, opens onto the water and an undergrowth with deep tones of brown, green, and blue. The whole is in the tradition of plein air studies from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with a naturalistic sensitivity akin to the landscapes of Fontainebleau. In the bottom right, there is a painted inscription in red that reads "Franchard, " most likely referring to the Franchard site in the Fontainebleau forest, a place particularly frequented by landscape painters in the 19th century. The painting itself is in good condition, with no tears or missing parts. The canvas is not mounted on a frame and retains its old, irregular edges, naturally patinated, bearing witness to its age. The second photograph is a staging created by artificial intelligence to give an idea of how the work would look once framed and presented under glass. Only the sold artwork is concerned.