Le Jambon oil Gaudard in the lower right

Gaudard in the lower right (19th & 20th century)

It is a quintessential southern France landscape in remarkable condition

hall way or painting wall

The shapes and colors are accented by the fine shadows and reflections

Antique oil painting from France: Oil painting on carton from the 19th-century French School

Le Jambon oil Gaudard in the lower right19th century large scale oil painting on wooden panel, signed in the lower right, B. W. van Laar," for Dutch painter Bartol Wilhelm van Laar (1818 1901). A richly composed still life centered around a largel cut of ham resting on a porcelain platter, accompanied by a wooden handled knife, a crusted roll, and a half filled glass beer mug. The arrangement is set atop a luminous white tablecloth, its folds and creases animated by light against a deep