FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1850, GARNIER*** Hunter and Woman at Prayer in the Italian Countryside Original canvas, stretcher and frame Signed and dated lower right "Garnier / 18.." 90.5 x 117 cm (Accidents) In 1837, an artist named "Garnier" took part in the Prix de Rome competition for historical landscapes. Grunchec states that "the identity of this artist remains difficult to determine" (see P. Grunchec, Les concours des prix de Rome, tome II, Paris, 1989, p. 132 and p. 288 note 33).