LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

28.94 in. (73.50 cm.) (height) by 36.22 in. (92.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and inscribed 'Emile Claus Murano Venzia' (lower right); signed with the initials and dated 'novembré J. F. E.C' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

(probably) Brussels, Cercle Artistique et Littéraire, Exposition Emile Claus, March 1908, no. 52.

Provenance:

Anonymous sale, Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels, 17 March 1934, lot 26 (illustrated). Stephane Halot, Brussels, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent to the present owner.