Antique Painting, Dogs Portrait Painting, Bernese Mountain Dog, Oil On Canvas, Portrait Of Dog, 19th Century. (QA633)
ANTIQUE PAINTINGS, PORTRAITS OF DOGS, BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG, OIL ON CANVAS, 19TH CENTURY. (QA633)
This is a portrait artwork of a Dog. Portraits of Dogs proposes a oil painting on canvas with a portrait of a dog
probably a Bernese mountain dog. This is a pleasant dog portrait from the 19th century.
The old painting, XIX Century, is dated 1881 and signed bottom left Edm Van der Meulen, Belgian painter
Of portraits with animals, still life. Impressionist painter.
Edmond Van der Meulen (1841-1905) studied at the Academy Of Fine Arts in Brussels.
He loved painting animals and specialized in portraying dogs.
Many paintings by this painter are kept in various museums in Belgium: Gent, Bruges, Tournai, Leuven, Brussels.
The work bears a gilded frame in pure gold leaf coeval with the 19th century painting.
The Old Painting and the frame have been carefully and professionally restored.
We can consider this Dogs Portrait Painting, Bernese mountain dog, Belgian painter 19th Century a beautiful painting.
Bibliography: E. Bénézit. Dictionnaire Des Peintres Sculptures Dessinateurs et Graveurs.
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Canvas size: 71 x 56 cm
Size with frame: 96.5 x 81.5 cm
Depth: 10 cm
Weight: 12.6 kg
Antique Paintings | Portraits of Dogs | Portrait of a Dog | Belgian Antiquity