French Oil Painting, Fruits of the Hunt, Artist Signed, dated 1818, no Frame

Such a beauty! And very old. Artist signed oil painting on stretched canvas, dated 1818. "H de Folleville", possibly. You can try to make out the signature which we've enlarged in our photos. A forest scene in vignette, and the day's hunt (dinner) captured in a very opulent composition, indeed. Elegant kitchen painting, really - early 19th century oil painting, a sporting scene with the hunt theme typically referred to as "nature morte", a still life with dead game, fowl, the day's dinner. These type of paintings are like little prayers of thanks for the plentiful bounty of the hunt, and yet often show just a couple of small dead birds, humble and yet still a prayer of thanks. The genre extended from those c.1500s ones out of Northern Europe, often Flemish, which are just thrilling to see - feast in the making. This oil painting dates mid-late 1800s, but has not been dated on the painting, itself. Very good condition for age and The frame it's in seems newer and not original to it, but