Antique oil on wood portrait of a woman by Belgium artist, Eugine Smits 1800s.  This delightful painting in its rich and powerful tones and scultured impressionist paint layers is very attractive.  Here, the artist has chosen to paint his subject sideways on.  This elegant woman wears her hair up in a loose bun.  The background is dark to highlight the contours and lighting on the face, whilst the autumnal tonal elements the reds and browns in her hair are a delight to the eye.  The wood board is slightly textured to the touch.  
 
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Medium: Oil on wood
Overall size: 19ins x 23ins or 48cms x 58cms (Approx)
Date: Mid 1800's
Signed: Eugine Smits Eugène Smits (1826 - 1912) was a Belgian portrait painter, you can see his self-portrait above.  He studied at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles with François-Joseph Navez.
From 1851 to 1852, he lived in Paris, where he made the professional acquaintance of Jean-François Millet, Eugène Isabey, and the brothers Joseph and Alfred Stevens. He returned to Paris in 1855, to take part in the Exposition Universelle. From 1861 to 1864, he lived in Italy, where he created his largest canvas: "Ein Sonntagsnachmittag in Pincio" (A Sunday Afternoon in Pincio, 1862).
In 1868, he was one of the co-founders of the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts. In 1902, he was elected a member of his alma mater, the Académie royale.
He also wrote a collection of memories and reflections, Les pensées d’Eugène Smits, which was published posthumously in 1913, with illustrations by Fernand Khnopff.
Condition:  The painting is in good antique condition, however you should expect imperfections associated with age, particulalry craquelure in the hair. The frame is in good vintage condition, again expect imperfections.
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