Lot 144
  • 144

Theophile Lybaert

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Theophile Lybaert
  • portrait of an antwerp patriot (symbol of the battle of Turnhout)
  • signed and dated 1902 l.l.
  • oil on panel
  • 61 by 36 cm.

Condition

The panel is very slightly bended in the lower left corner. No retouches visible under U.V.-light. This work would benefit from cleaning but is otherwise in good condition. Framed in the original frame.
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Catalogue Note

A painted label on the back of the panel in what is thought to be the artist's handwriting reads: Theophile Lybaert. Gand. Patriote Anversois en sentinelle devant Turnhout. (Revolution Brabançonne 1789)