Chateau at Montresor

This beautiful picture, glowing with subdued color, was painted near Tours. The chateau dates from the fourteenth century, and is still occupied by a Polish family descended from its original builder.

With its rounded peaked towers it is like the castle of the enchanted princess of the fairy story. At its feet are the village shops, green and yellow, with red roofs. Though this is an almost literal transcription, the artist has massed his buildings and trees, and played with his colors so subtly, that the glamour of romance transfigures the scene.