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He was essentially a marine painter. \r\n\r\nThis painting is a fine example of Mennet's output, essentially composed of marine paintings and lake views. In this work, the artist focused on the rendering of the agitated lake surface and the bright atmospheric sky in a style reminiscent of the 17th-century Dutch imagery transferred here in a Swiss scenery (probably lake Geneva). 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The detailed and refined brushwork is however typical of the 19th-century artists influence by the Biedermeier imagery and high degree of finish.\r\nThis painting was bequeathed by the Rev. Townshend who owned a large collection of 19th-century landscape paintings. It is not unlikely that Townshend, who resided part of the year in Lausanne, acquired this painting directly from the artist.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Oil Painting, 'Lake of Geneva', Louis Mennet, Swis school, ca. 1840 - 1867","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Kauffmann, C.M. <u>Catalogue of Foreign Paintings, II. 1800-1900 </u>, London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1973, p. 72, cat. no. 160."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"Geneva (lake)","id":"x36623"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"boats","id":"AAT178749"},{"text":"church","id":"AAT7466"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["1619-1869"],"accessionNumberNum":"1619","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1869,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-05","recordCreationDate":"2006-06-29","availableToBook":true}}