GEORGES CROEGAERT (Belgian 1848-1923)

Description

GEORGES CROEGAERT (Belgian 1848-1923)
Cardinal Taking Tea
Oil on wood panel
13in. x 9.5in.
Signed lower left: Georges Croegaert Paris

Provenance: MacConnal-Mason & Son, London; private collection, Dallas, Texas, 1984 to present

Georges Croegaert was born in Anvers in 1848. He spent most of his life in Paris where he was a portrait and genre painter celebrated for his meticulously rendered interiors of Cardinals engaged in leisurely activities, including reading, painting, taking tea, or writing. Croegaert exhibited at the Salon des Artists Francais, and his work is housed in the Museum of Sydney, Australia.

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