RARE AND HARD TO FIND PAINTING WITH CLOCK AND MUSIC PLAYER: Painting Depicts a Lively Riverside Village with Figures, signed B. Desfontaines, Oil/Canvas, sight size 25'' x 31.25'', gilded frame, 33.25'' x 39.5'', painting lifts to expose a compartment underneath which reveals the clock works, which is attached to a music player, not in working condition.
CONDITION: Scattered craquelure throughout, flecks of paint loss, the hole in which the clock was exposed has been repaired so the clock is not visible from the front, needs work.