Edouard Hostein
(French, 1804-1889)

"Vue de L'Erdre a Nantes"

oil on oval canvas
signed lower center, and signed, titled and inscribed "Brest-Georges-Paris" on stretcher and with a "Maison DE Forge" supplier's stamp en verso "Atelier Bre Clichy.no.7/DEFORGE/M.D.DE COULEURS/Boulevard Montmartre 8".
Antique giltwood and gesso frame.
25-3/4" x 29", framed 31-1/8" x 34-1/8"

In overall good condition. There are a few pinhead-sized losses (flaking) to the lower right edge. Under UV light, painting exhibits scattered inpainted "touch-ups" to the lower center right, to the center edge, and to a branch in the far right tree - which corresponds to a patch repair en verso. UV light also indicates inconsistencies in varnish layers - some of the foliage has had more campaigns of varnish than have the water and sky. Light craquelure is present to the center of the sky. Painting has been restretched, but not relined.