Woman with laundry.

Drawing, pastel over pencil, 38,5 x 24,5 cm, wove paper, signed (by collector?) at lower right (taped tear in top right margin, some min. creases in corners).

Under passe-partout.

Nice multicoloured pastel study of a woman. De Cock (Ghent 1823-1904) was a Belgian painter and engraver who was mainly active in France. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, first as a singer, but when he was struck by deafness, he devoted himself to painting. He took lessons with François-Louis Français and Edmé-François Daubigny.
Prov. Franciscus Bauweraerts (stamp, Lugt 3325).