Edouard Autrique (1799-1876) – Bouquet On Entablature

Edouard Joseph François Autrique (Brussels, 1799-1876)
Bouquet on entablature
Signed “E. Autrique"
H. 37.5 - L. 46 cm.

A bouquet of roses, hyacinths, primroses and fuchsias rests in a vase on a marble fabric and tray. The work is signed “E. Autrique” on the right edge of the tray. The original canvas bears a color dealer's stamp on the reverse.
A Belgian artist born in 1799, Edouard Autrique learned the art of painting in the studio of his father Jean Baptiste Joseph Autrique and Jean-Joseph Kinson. The painter specialized in various fields of painting. In 1817, he exhibited two canvases sent from Paris at the Brussels Salon, and four portraits at the Gent Salon in 1823. He was official painter to the Duke of Gloucester, and appears to have worked in France for much of his career.