Lovely genre scene with a beautiful fisherwoman was executed by famous French painter Charles Desire Hue (Meaux 1825 - 1883). Charles Desire Hue: The artist was a painter and lithographer. He was a pupil of Robert Fleury, E. Leroux and of J. Caraud, whose love of the 18th century milieu he shared and whose paintings he often reproduced. Hue first exhibited lithographies at the Salon. His first painting, “Manon Lescaut”, was exhibited at the Salon in 1861 and was followed by a long series of similar motifs - scenes taken from 18th century literature - right up to 1879. Literature: artist lexicon by Benezit ( in French) Thieme & Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary" (in German). Inscription: signed lower right. Technique: oil on canvas. Original period gold-plated frame. Measurements: unframed w 13 " x h 16 1/8 " (33 x 41 cm); framed w 21 1/2" x h 24 3/4 " (54,5 x 63 cm). Condition: in very good condition.