Lot 75: "Claude Antoine Cinier, gen. Ponthus" "(Lyon

"Claude Antoine Cinier, gen. Ponthus" "(Lyon 1812-1885) South Italian Landscape, signed Ponthus-Cinier, Oil on canvas, 84 x 131 cm, framed, (Rei)" "Claude Antoine Cinier, gen. Ponthus Student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. After travelling in Italy he settled in Lyon. He made his debut there in 1837 with three landscapes and in a Parisian Salon in 1841 with a view of the Monts du-Forez. He followed these, in the same salons, with various landscapes from Italy, Provence, the Bresse and les Dombes in the area round Lyon. Works by him can be found in the museums of, among others, Bescancon, Chantilly, Mainz and Lyon."