Louis RICQUIER (1792 - 1884) An Italian family... - Lot 90 - Osenat

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Louis RICQUIER (1792 - 1884) An Italian family... - Lot 90 - Osenat
Louis RICQUIER (1792 - 1884) An Italian family in front of a landscape Circa 1835 Oil on mahogany panel Monogrammed LR bottom right On the reverse, a collector's label with the number 13552 61.5 x 51 cm With frame: 81 x 71 cm Provenance: France, private collection. Oil on panel (mahogany), monogrammed lower right, 24 x 20 1/16 in With frame: 31 29/32 x 27 31/32 in Louis Ricquier is one of the most important Belgian historical painters of the first half of the 19th century. Originally from Antwerp, he studied at the Royal Academy of his native city under Mathieu-Ignace Van Brée (1773-1839) and won two first prizes. Following in the footsteps of his elders - his master Van Brée, winner of the second prize in Rome in 1797, the Bruges artists Joseph-Benoît Suvée, director of the French Academy in Rome, and François-Joseph Kinson, or the Liège sculptor Henri-Joseph Rutwhiel - and taking advantage of the French annexation, the young artist came to Paris in 1812. There Ricquier met Philippe Van Brée (1786-1871), the younger brother of his teacher. The following year, he presented a large painting at the Antwerp Salon in Paris, with Androclès pulling the thorn from the lion's paw. He was again among the participants in 1816, after the fall of the Empire and the creation of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. The artist had opted for an original subject, Fernand Cortès triumphing over Montezuma. Our panel depicts a family enjoying a mild summer evening on a terrace overlooking a narrow valley, with proud fortified villages dominating the landscape from the top of their hills. The stone posts and grape vine arbour form a frame within the picture, celebrating the simple family happiness of the farming couple with their two little boys and a dog. The setting sun envelops the envelopes with golden reflections, runs through the fine fabrics, shimmers through the satin stripes of the apron or the silver curls and fills the scene with a nostalgic and poignant poetry.
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