Lot Essay
For a highly comprehensive study on the Van Blarenberghes, see Monique Maillet-Chassagne, Une dynastie de peintres lillois, les Van Blarenberghe, Paris, 2001.
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An innocent milkmaid in a forest with hunters proposing assistance; the wife of a sleeping drunken smith in a forge complaining to two gentlemen; a lady with her gallant in the painter's studio; a gentleman in Turkish costume inviting a lady dressed à la Circassienne
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HENRI-JOSEPH VAN BLARENBERGHE (1741-1826)
An innocent milkmaid in a forest with hunters proposing assistance; the wife of a sleeping drunken smith in a forge complaining to two gentlemen; a lady with her gallant in the painter's studio; a gentleman in Turkish costume inviting a lady dressed à la Circassienne
on paper
rectangular, 1 1/16 x 1¼ in. (27 x 32 mm.) to 1 5/16 x 1 3/8 in. (34 x 35 mm.), gilt-metal frames, one with brooch attachment (4)
An innocent milkmaid in a forest with hunters proposing assistance; the wife of a sleeping drunken smith in a forge complaining to two gentlemen; a lady with her gallant in the painter's studio; a gentleman in Turkish costume inviting a lady dressed à la Circassienne
on paper
rectangular, 1 1/16 x 1¼ in. (27 x 32 mm.) to 1 5/16 x 1 3/8 in. (34 x 35 mm.), gilt-metal frames, one with brooch attachment (4)
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