VANACKER Johann Baptist (1794-1863), PORTRAITS OF COUNT AND COUNTESS D'ENNETIERES VAN D'HUST, 1837

TECHNIQUE: Watercolor and gouache, under a convex glass

ARSTIST: VANACKER Johann Baptist

SIGNED: Vanacker 1837

FRAME : Original ormulu and precious wood frame

PORTRAIT SIZE: 10x8cm

FRAME SIZE: 20x16cm

DESCRIPTION :

Paire of miniatures  by Vanacker Johann-Baptist (1794-1863) , the pair is signed  and  dated Vanacker 1837 on right, identified on reverse.

Portrait of the count Camille d 'Ennetières van Hust (1797-1867) and of Countess  d' Ennetières van Hust, born Countess Georgine de Bethune Hesdigneul (1800-1874).
issue of the  hight aristocraty of Belgium, the Count was Bourgmestre of west Flanders.

Vanacker was one of the best Belgian artist . He was pupil of Isabey and Saint,  worked in Paris and  London and  became painter to the King of Belgium Léopold 1er.


CONDITION: A tiny crack in right part of Countess's portrait. Count'portrait lightly curved.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bénézit, Blattel, Schidolf, Bernd Pappe, Foster, L. Bouchard, Bouchot

PRICE: 4000€