Gabriel Rogier, French, "Still Life with Hazlenut and Thistle," dated August 1930, oil on 8 1/2"w x 5 1/4" panel, signed bottom left, 12"w x 9" in vintage gold-leafed frame. On the reverse side panel, the artist has hand-written a poem to a French noblewoman: "The hazelnut is exquisite and the gallant little thistle, if you take it, Marquise, quick! Put on your gloves." Gabriel Rogier, French, "Still Life with Hazlenut and Thistle," dated August 1930, oil on 8 1/2"w x 5 1/4" panel, signed bottom left, 12"w x 9" in vintage gold-leafed frame. On the reverse side panel, the artist has hand-written a poem to a French noblewoman: "The hazelnut is exquisite and the gallant little thistle, if you take it, Marquise, quick! Put on your gloves."