François Joseph Navez (1787-1869)

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François Joseph Navez (1787-1869)

Daphnis et Chloé

signed and dated 'F. J. Navez. 1845.'; oil on panel
38 x 30¼in. (96.5 x 76.8cm.)

Literature

M. L. Alvin, François Joseph Navez, Brussels, 1870, p. 296

Lot Essay

Navez painted a reduced version of this subject for his son-in-law, the artist Portaels, in 1857.

To be included in Dr. Alan Jacob and Dr. Denis Coekelbergh's forthcoming catalogue raisonné on Navez.

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