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Lot 32: Jan Frans Verhas (Belgian, 1834-1896) Study of Louise Ponselet, lying on a sofa

Est: £15,000 GBP - £20,000 GBPSold:
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomFebruary 20, 2019

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Description

Jan Frans Verhas (Belgian, 1834-1896)
Study of Louise Ponselet, lying on a sofa signed with initials and dated 'J. V. 78' (lower right); signed and dated 'Jan Verhas/1878' (upper right, on the reverse); indistinctly inscribed 'Louise Ponselet' (upper left, on the reverse)oil with traces of pencil on panel 18.3 x 26.3cm (7 3/16 x 10 3/8in).

Provenance: Louise Ponselet Collection, Belgium.Thence by descent. The young girl depicted, Louise Ponselet, was the niece of the artist and the grandmother of the present owner. Louise later married Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect, teacher, historian and writer. He played an instrumental role in the reconstruction of Belgium following the war. Verhas also depicted Louise in his large work of 1880, La revue des écoles en 1878, currently in Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. Louise is the eighth child from the left. Many of the other children can be identified as daughters of prominent personalities. At the time, the painting served to bolster patriotism and reassure the nation of Belgian future prosperity.The present lot is an intimate depiction of Louise, her limbs flung in careless abandon, and perhaps the tell-tale sign of sleep in the rosiness of her cheek.

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Auction Details

19th Century European, Victorian & British Impressionist Art

by
Bonhams
February 20, 2019, 02:00 PM GMT

101 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 1SR, UK