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Lot 23

Circle of Ferdinand de Braekeleer
(Belgian, 1792-1883)
The Golden Wedding Feast

2 March 2016, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £9,375 inc. premium

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Circle of Ferdinand de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1792-1883)

The Golden Wedding Feast
oil on canvas
105.5 x 126cm (41 9/16 x 49 5/8in).

Footnotes

This is a version of the original work of 1839 (which is on panel and measures 106 x 120.5cm) which is in the collection of the Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels, inv.nr. 1186.

The Golden Wedding Feast and Mid-lent in the Schoolroom (see lot 24) both enjoyed enormous success when shown at the Salon of 1839. In common with many of his contemporaries de Braekeleer was known to produce replicas of varying sizes of his more popular works.

A pupil of the Antwerp Academy the artist enjoyed considerable success during his lifetime. He won the Prix de Rome in 1819, was a member of the Belgian Academy and curator at the Antwerp Museum. Among his pupils he taught not only his son Henri, but also his nephew Adrien.

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