Pierre-Joseph Toussaint [1822-1888]
Belgium
Midday drink, 1867
Oil on panel
13-3/4 x 10-1/2 inches [unframed] | 17 x 14 inches [framed]
Signed and dated lower right : ‘P.J. Toussaint / 1867’.

CONDITION:
Unrestored original condition.  No repairs.

DESCRIPTION:
Pierre Joseph Toussaint [1822-1888] was a Belgian genre painter of children and everyday life. As a studio artist, Toussaint would use the same base figure drawings for multiple paintings. Midday drink, ca.1867 depicts a young boy in profile drinking from a pitcher. The same figure drawing was used for another painting from 1867 with the addition of a second figure and change of environment.

PROVENANCE:
ca.1985 ( David Smernoff, New Haven, CT & New York, NY ) ;
ca.1985 ( Private collection of Ellsworth L McComb [1917-2008], Long Island, NY, art dealer ) ;
before ca.1985 Private estate of [unknown], Long Island, NY ;
before ca.1985 Private collection of [unknown], Long Island, NY ;
1867 Pierre-Joseph Toussaint [1822-1888], the artist .

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