Lovely genre painting created by famous Belgian allegorical, genre and nude painter, sculptor and poet Auguste Leveque (1864 Nivelles - 1921 Brussel). He studied by Portaels in der School of Fine Arts in Marseille. the artist recieved acknowledge with his symbolic-idealist monumental compositions, nude paintings and landscapes. he worked in Florence and paris also.Works by Leveque : Museums of Bruessel, Antwerpen, Gent, Lüttich.
Literature: Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart"; "Malerwerke des 19 Jh." by F.v.Boetticher, II/1, 1898.
Inscription: signed lower right.
Technique: oil on canvas. Luxuriousy original period frame.
Measurements: unframed 22 x 41 cm; framed 47,5 x 66,5 cm.
Condition: in good condition