Interior scene with mother and child.

Drawing, pencil, 22 x 21 cm, laid paper (Van Gelder Zonen), monogram on the lower right (minor foxing and soiling, traces of mounting on verso).

Under passe-partout.

Compositional sketch of a family indoors. Leys (Antwerp 1815-1869) was a Belgian painter and printmaker. He was a leading representative of the historical or Romantic school in Belgian art and became a pioneer of the Realist movement in Belgium.