Léon Richet, River Landscape, Fontainebleau 17th very few remain in circulation

very few remain in circulation

and distant hills

While three trees embrace like kindred spirits

the pair acting as pioneers for their respective favourites

Léon Richet, River Landscape, Fontainebleau 17th very few remain in circulationThis late 19th century oil on canvas by Lon Richet (1843 1907) captures a quiet stretch of water in the Forest of Fontainebleau a place the artist knew with intimate devotion. It belongs to the mature phase of his career, when his palette softened and his atmospheres settled into a gentle inwardness characteristic of the later Barbizon School. A shallow river glides through the centre, its surface reflecting the faint warmth of a distant, half veiled