Ventes live - Lot 255
[A Young man with a stick and basket].
€ 150 / 200
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Description du lot
Drawing, black chalk, 25 x 16,4 cm, brown paper, monogrammed at lower left corner (left side waterstained, some tears, edges frayed).
Pasted on mod. paper, mounted under passe-partout.
A man with a wide-rimmed hat carrying a basket and a bag over his right shoulder. At the age of 22 Jean-Batiste Madou (1796-1877) became a honorary member of the Belgian Société des Beaux Arts. He specialised in genre painting, echoing the Flemish and Dutch traditions established by Adriaen Brouwer and Jan Steen.