Gabriel Hippolyte LEBAS (1812-1880). "Young Girl in a Landscape". Watercolor and gouache highlights on paper, signed lower left, titled and counter-attributed on a label on the back (slight traces of humidity). Sight size: Height : 27 cm - Width : 21 cm Bears an old exhibition label and inventory numbers on the back, as well as a handwritten note about the artist. Note: Son of architect Louis-Hippolyte Lebas, he became a pupil of François-Marius Granet. In 1836, he took part in the Salon for the first time, specializing in the genre of naturalistic landscapes before moving closer to the Barbizon school. From the early 1860s, he made regular visits to Normandy. His works, mainly watercolors, were influenced by the art of Eugène Isabey and Théodore Gudin.