Oil on canvas signed lower right

Dimensions: 35 x 24.5 cm with frame: 52.5 x 42.5 cm

19th century frame gilded with gold leaf in restoration

A painter gives us a charming bouquet of peonies with a lively and free touch.

Eugène Petit, French painter, born in Paris is the pupil of Edouard Müller and Dieterle. He mainly paints still lifes, flowers and fruits.

He exhibited for the first time at the Paris Salon of 1863.

He is celebrated for his flower paintings.