Émile René Ménard Female Nude Oil Study L'Automne 1912 Urn Vernet is known primarily as

Vernet is known primarily as an exceptional painter of horses

Pencil on paper

Grey wash drawing on laid paper GR watermark Circa

Provenance:

Provenance: (By repute) Lowther Castle Earl of Lonsdale's Sale June 1947

Émile René Ménard Female Nude Oil Study L'Automne 1912 Urn Vernet is known primarily asmile Ren Mnard 1862 1930. French School Early 20th. Century Female Nude Oil Study. "L' Automne." Signed lower right. Executed on Paul Fonet artists board set onto a stretcher. Original frame. Inscribed in pencil to reverse 11 May 1912, with further purchase and framing information "achete 1915 1,800 f. Le cadre 50f." 31 by 44 cms. Provenance: Private collection UK. From an artistic background Mnard was immersed in an artistic environment from an early