Zelfportret van Eduard de Biefve
Edouard De Biefve
1830 - 1842
Medium
paper
Dimensions
128; 105
About this artwork
Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds
About the Artist
Edouard De Biefve · 1808–1882
Édouard De Bièfve (1808-1882) was a Belgian history and portrait painter who became one of the leading representatives of the Romantic movement in Belgium and exerted significant influence on the development of history painting in Germany. Born in Brussels during the French occupation of the Southern Netherlands, De Bièfve came of age as Belgium achieved independence in 1830, and his monumental hi...