Jean-Baptiste GALLET (Lyon, 1820 - 1848) Apple tree branch and larks' feet, with a flight of bees Oil on canvas Signed 'J.B. Gallet' lower left (Minor lifting and restorations) Apple tree branch and lark's feet, with a fly of the bee, oil on canvas, signed, by J. - B. Gallet 16.54 x 12.60 in. 42.0 x 32.0 cm Provenance: Private collection, Haute-Savoie A pupil of Augustin-Alexandre Thierriat at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon between 1834 and 1840 (under the name of Gallay) and then of François Lepage, he exhibited regularly in Lyon between 1842 and 1843 and then in Paris from 1847 until his untimely death in 1848. Jean-Baptiste GALLET (Lyon, 1820 - 1848) 42.0 x 32.0 cm A pupil of Augustin-Alexandre Thierriat at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon between 1834 and 1840 (under the name of Gallay) and then of François Lepage, he exhibited regularly in Lyon between 1842 and 1843 and then in Paris from 1847 until his untimely death in 1848.