François Claudius COMPTE-CALIX (1813-1880) The nightingale's song. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Remaining labels on the back of the chassis. 75.5 x 70.5 cm. Renovation, canvas slightly folded up at the top, accident and restorations. Carved, openwork and gilded wooden frame decorated with a frieze of thistles. Painting under the same title exhibited at the Salon des Beaux-Arts of 1859, n°667. Bibliography: Pierre Sanchez and Xavier Seydoux, Les catalogues des salons des Beaux-Arts, volume VII, L'échelle de Jacob, 2004. This painting was a success and was reproduced in aquatint by Alphonse MARTINET (1821-1861), titled in French, English and German, published from April 1, 1863 by the publisher GOUPIL & Cie, in Paris.