Portrait of Marguerite Steurs, wife of the artist, in Steenokkerzeel
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right H. Dereine 18.., original label partly torn on reverse inscribed Steurs ... / de Melsbroek
151.5 x 105.5 cm
Note: the municipality of Steenokkerzeel, in Flemish Brabant, was created by the merger of the municipality of Steenokkerzeel and the former municipality of Melsbroek. Marguerite Steurs, wife of painter and lawyer Henri Dereine, was the daughter of lawyer Armand Steurs, who bought Château de Boetfort here in 1883.