Léon Rodolphe BERTHOUD (1822-1892). "Rustic house near Pau". Oil on canvas signed and dated 1862 lower left, titled on the back, countertitled on a cartel (minor edgewear). Height 27.5 cm - Width : 38 cm Handwritten inscription on the back: "Tableau non inscrit au catalog". Note : Swiss landscape painter Léon Berthoud trained in Neuchâtel with Maximilien de Meuron, then continued his studies in Paris in Léon Cogniet's studio and with Camille Joseph Roqueplan. Close to the artists of the Barbizon school and influenced by Camille Corot, he spent a long time in Italy, before settling on the shores of Lake Neuchâtel in 1873. These influences are reflected in the light treatments of our work.