Original Charles Mertens 1800s Etching “The Spinning Wheel” Signed Framed COA$599.00
Original Charles Mertens 1800s Etching “The Spinning Wheel” Signed Framed COA
$599.00
Artist: Charles Mertens (Belgian, 1865 – 1919)
Title: The Spinning Wheel
Medium: Original etching on wove paper.
Year: 1892
Signature: Signed in the plate, lower right.
Condition: Excellent
Dimensions: Image size 8 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 17 x 18 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Painter of portraits and landscapes, Charles Mertens was a student of Verlat at the Fine Arts in Antwerp, Mertens’ home town. He participated in the creation of the XIII group. The circle of XIII was founded in February 1891. The circle of XIII is formed by dissidents of the Antwerp group Als ik Kan. The circle consisted notably Léon Abry, Emile Claus (who still lived Antwerp), Edouard de Jans, Henri De Smeth, Edgard Farasyn Maurice Hagemans, Frans Hens, Evert Larock, Romain Looymans, Charles Mertens, Henry Luyten, Henry Rul, Leo van Aken, Louis Van Engelen, Piet Verhaert and Théodore Verstraete.
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