François “Frans” Verheyden [1806-1890] Belgium painter : Cracked eggs, ca.1850s.

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François “Frans” Verheyden [1806-1890]
Belgium
Cracked eggs, ca.1850
Oil on panel
9 x 6-1/2 inches [unframed] | 19 x 17 inches [framed]
Signed at upper left : ‘F. Verheyden’.

CONDITION:
Unrestored original condition.  No repairs.  Original period frame.

DESCRIPTION:
François “Frans” Verheyden was a Belgian genre painter.  He studied under J. Langlois [1855-1904] and Jean-Louis David [1792-1868] in Paris, both of which specialized in genre and portrait painting. Verheyden was awarded a gold medal in Brussels in 1845, but he worked particularly in Antwerp, Belgium.  Cracked eggs, ca.1850, likely painted in Antwerp, depicts a young man in the process of preparing food.

PROVENANCE:
1980 ( David Smernoff, New Haven, CT & New York, NY ) ;
before 1980 Private collection of [withheld], New Haven, CT ;
ca.1850s Francois Verheyden [1806-1890], the artist .

EXHIBITIONS:
2020 David Smernoff, New York, NY, “Tiny moments : the life of genre painting”, November 15 – December 31.

François “Frans” Verheyden [1806-1890]
Belgium
Cracked eggs, ca.1850
Oil on panel
9 x 6-1/2 inches [unframed] | 19 x 17 inches [framed]
Signed at upper left : ‘F. Verheyden’.

CONDITION:
Unrestored original condition.  No repairs.  Original period frame.

DESCRIPTION:
François “Frans” Verheyden was a Belgian genre painter.  He studied under J. Langlois [1855-1904] and Jean-Louis David [1792-1868] in Paris, both of which specialized in genre and portrait painting. Verheyden was awarded a gold medal in Brussels in 1845, but he worked particularly in Antwerp, Belgium.  Cracked eggs, ca.1850, likely painted in Antwerp, depicts a young man in the process of preparing food.

PROVENANCE:
1980 ( David Smernoff, New Haven, CT & New York, NY ) ;
before 1980 Private collection of [withheld], New Haven, CT ;
ca.1850s Francois Verheyden [1806-1890], the artist .

EXHIBITIONS:
2020 David Smernoff, New York, NY, “Tiny moments : the life of genre painting”, November 15 – December 31.