Superb painting depicting 2 children playing flutes at the end of the 19th century. This oil on panel is signed C.C. Cox. This painting is beautifully framed by a pretty gilded frame. The painter was inspired by a lithograph by Pierre Edouard Freres to create his work. Pierre-Édouard Frère born January 10, 1819 in Paris and died May 23, 1886 in Écouen is a French painter, engraver and lithographer. He specialized in genre scenes of daily life representing children from rural areas, which were very popular especially in Anglo-Saxon countries. The founding of the Écouen painters' colony is attributed to him. He made his debut at the Salon of 1843, and quickly made a great reputation for himself in genre painting. A prolific artist, most of his compositions were popularized by lithography and wood engraving, which he himself practiced. He became known to the general public through his engravings of children and the interiors of modest people, with a form of sincerity, since he was one of the first of his century to explore this theme, far from Paris. In 1847, he settled in Écouen. Very beautiful staging with these 2 children in a rustic scene from the end of the 19th century. This painting dates from the end of the 19th, beginning of the 20th century. Dimensions: with frame: 30cm x 35cm (11.8'' x 13.7'') without frame: 15cm x 20.5cm Shipping with great care. Type: Oil Height: 35 Genre: Realism Characteristics: Framed, Signed, On panel Theme: Child Width: 30