Delbeke Louis (1821-1891)
Story of a new Joseph or: Help yourself, heaven will help you (ca. 1875)
Set of 6 watercolours on paper
ca. 20 x 33 cm (each)
Separate insert
Six of the nine original watercolours "Episodes from the life of a young boy, beginning as a commissioner and ending as a millionaire". Delbeke also painted two of these scenes, including "Sold to Merchants" now in the collection of the Ypres Museum.
We thank Mr. Jan Dewilde for the information provided.
"Louis Delbeke" Galerie Moderne, Brussels 18 March 1892
"Louis Delbeke" René Buckinx, Brussels 1950, p. 29-30
Sale Estate Louis Delbeke, Galerie Saint-Luc 7 March 1894, no. 26 (the series of 9) ,
acquired there by Jan Verhas who then left it to his son-in-law Gisbert Combaz.
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