An old restoration at the top of the painting on the left (see last photograph).
Gerard Bakker (The Hague, 1879-Knokke, 1967).
As a young painter, he traveled to France and Germany. Settles in Brussels at the beginning of the 20th century and runs a restoration workshop there. Painter of flowers, landscapes and seascapes. Creator and president of the Cercle "Kerkebeek" in Evere.
Biblio: Piron, dictionary of Belgian painters.