Lovely genre painting executed by famous French animal and still life painter Alfred Arthur Brunel de Neuville (1852 - Paris - 1941). The artist recieved his acnowledge for cat genre paintings and still lifes, worked in Paris, where begun to exhibit since 1879. He became member of societé des Artistes Français in 1907. His works are in following collections: Louviers, Beziers, Brest and Chateau-Thierry.

Literature: Benezit; Thieme & Becker; Schurr; Hardouin-Fuger.

Inscription: signed  lower left.

Technique: oil on canvas, luxuriousy French frame of 19th century, gold-plated.

Measurements: unframed w 33 3/4" x h 21 3/4 " (66 x 55 cm); framed w 34 1/4" x h 30 " (87 x 76 cm).

Condition: in good condition, original canvas, two profess.patches on the backside of canvas , the edges of canvas were fastened .