Viale Africa, 12 - 95129 Catania, Italy
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LOT 172:
Jean-François Portaels ( Vilvoorde , 1818 - Schaerbeek, 1895)
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Girl in folk dress with vase of flowers
Oil on the table
30x23 in a 43x39 frame
Jean-François Portaels was a Belgian painter of the mid-nineteenth century. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. In 1842 he won the Gran Prix de Rome. He traveled extensively in Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Egypt, Judea, Spain, Hungary and Norway. Portaels painted mainly in oils and was an excellent portrait painter, but also the author of religious, historical and, in particular, Orientalist works.
Signed lower left.
Jean-François Portaels was a Belgian painter of the mid-nineteenth century. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. In 1842 he won the Gran Prix de Rome. He traveled extensively in Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Egypt, Judea, Spain, Hungary and Norway. Portaels painted mainly in oils and was an excellent portrait painter, but also the author of religious, historical and, in particular, Orientalist works.
Signed lower left.
