Antique French Oil on Wood Folk Art Painting of Church and Strolling Figures vintage orange planter with this clown (who

with this clown (who

Wonderfully irregular all the way around

is in very good shape and looks great

while these are matte

Antique French Oil on Wood Folk Art Painting of Church and Strolling Figures vintage orange planter with this clown (whoThe back of this painting notes the subject as Eglise de Maisons Lafitte, which indeed is a church, better known as Eglise Saint Nicola, still standing in Maisons Lafitte, not far outside Paris. However, it seems that the church, completed in 1878, has had some additions and subtractions since, including losing the patterned roof and blue steeple that contribute to making this painting so striking. (There's an image of an old postcard in photos that