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Jean Joseph WEERTS
Roubaix, 1846 - Paris, 1927
Portrait of a young woman - reverie on ephemeral beauty
Painting, oil on wood
Signed
Painting: 24 x 33 cm
Beautiful original frame: 41 x 49 cm (beautiful gilding)
Around 1870-80
Very good condition
Weerts made many paintings representing women dreaming. Our painting is one of these, showing a beautiful young woman holding a Chinese vase containing a bouquet of flowers (nasturtiums, sunflowers, poppies, etc.). This is an allegory of ephemeral beauty: flowers, beautiful in an instant, fade quickly. An allegory in the image of the human being?
Ref: LN9O05OFJP