Lot 215: Charles Boom , Belgian 1858-1939 The Female Artists oil on canvas

signed Charles Boom and dated 1887 (lower right) oil on canvas

measurements 39 by 52 in. alternate measurements 99 by 132 cm

When painting historical scenes, Charles Boom favored sixteenth century settings. Yet his genre paintings, for which he was also known, depict subjects closer to his own time. This painting, showing Boom's fellow artists practicing from plaster casts, may have been influenced by his days as an art student and, later, as a teacher at the Anvers Academy.