Ecole du XIXème siècle Mountain lake landscape with fortified house, animated with figures probably in Italy. Oil on panel. Signed lower left GILBERT. 18 x 35.8 cm. Some rubbing and minor edge damage. Gilded frame with fluted frieze and acanthus leaves in molded wood and molded plaster (cracks, chips, missing parts, gilding). A watercolor and gouache drawing of the same view, animated with different characters, monogrammed H.E. or H.L., 21 x 36 cm, was sold at Maîtres Gros et Delettrez, January 24, 2019, Hôtel Drouot, room 15, no. 142.