3 sheets recto verso, with 5 watercolours and 1 drawing.

13 x 19 cm, laid paper, unsigned, with ms. notes relating to colours, etc.

Stuck by edges and attributed to Lies on passe-partout.

Two of these watercolours are preparatory works for "Les maux de la guerre" [The evils of war] (oil on wood, 87,5x 150 cm; Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, inv. 2666): the red-haired rider turning to left (right side of the painting) and the soldier guiding the oxen (left side). The other subjects are: man on the porch of his house, architecture studies, historic scene with a man standing in front of another one sitting from behind. Studies of faces in graphite pencil, on the verso of 1 sheet. The Belgian Romantic painter, draughtsman and engraver Lies (Antwerp 1821-1865) worked in a wide range of genres including history painting, landscapes, genre scenes, portraits, etc., and enjoyed a European-wide reputation during his lifetime.
Joined, same artist: Young woman seated. Drawing, black stone, 22,5 x 14,5 cm, vellum paper, unsigned. Stuck by upper edge under passe-partout. (4 sheets)