FLEMISH SCH. EARLY 19thC - STUDY CLASSICAL SCULPTURE - CHARCOAL STUDIO VAN BREE

Description

A while ago, in Brussels, I found a large folio, containing 70 academical and about 10 old master drawings.  The drawing, by different artists, can be dated from the 17th to the mid 19th century (the drawings were part of the studio/collection of a 19th century Brussels artist).
The present drawing, executed in charcoal on early 19th century paper, shows a study of a classical sculpture, depicting Silenus with the infant Bacchus.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Belgian-Flemish School, attributed to the studio of Matthias Ignace van Bree, also known as Mattheus Ignatius van Bree.
The drawings of this type are sometimes signed by van Bree, sometimes by another artist (a pupil of van Bree) and sometimes unsigned.  This way, the attribution of the unsigned drawings to the studio of van Bree seems the most logical.
MATTHIAS IGNACE VAN BREE (Antwerp 1773 - Antwerp 1839) : Flemish painter, draughtsman
.  He was one of the founders of the historical school of painting in Belgium and played an important role as a teacher in the development of 19th-century Belgian art
Period : ca. 1810-1820.
Size : 57,9x29,9cm.
Condition : Good.  Some scattered dirt throughout.  Left and bottom side slightly damaged.  Zone right below vertical, top side mid vertical : slight traces of folding.  Unframed.
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