Lovely genre painting created by famous Belgian allegorical, genre and nude painter, sculptor and poet Auguste Leveque (1864 Nivelles - 1921 Brussel). He studied by Portaels in der School of Fine Arts in Marseille. the artist recieved acknowledge with his symbolic-idealist monumental compositions, nude paintings and landscapes. he worked in Florence and paris also.Works by Leveque : Museums of Bruessel, Antwerpen, Gent, Lüttich.

Literature: Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart"; "Malerwerke des 19 Jh." by F.v.Boetticher, II/1, 1898.

Inscription: signed lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas. Luxuriousy original period frame.

Measurements: unframed w 8 2/3 " x h 16 " (22 x 41 cm); framed w 18 3/4 " x h 26 1/5" (47,5 x 66,5 cm)

Condition: in  good condition