Nice  still life painitng created inend of 19 century by very good listed belgian flower painter Hubert Bellis ( 1831 - Bruessel - 1902 ).

He studied in 1846-57 in the Art Academy in  Brüssel by François Joseph Navez; later by  Henri de Coene. Prizes : 1894 - Knight of   Leopold Medal; Prize for  Painitng and drawing of  the Art Academy in Brüssel. In the first time of carriere worked as portrait artist, after 1875 recieved a popularity and acknowledge with his realistical flowers  and still lifes. 

Literature: Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary", Leipzig, 1999.

For other works by this painter see item No. 1147.

Inscription: signed  lower left..

Technique: oil on canvas. Original partly gold-plated   frame.

Measurements:  unframed w 27 1/2" x h 21 1/4" (70  x 54 cm), framed w 32 1/2" x  h 26 1/5" ( 82,5 x 66,5 cm)

Condition:   in   good  condition