Still Life with an Image of the Madonna in a Glass Case, Faience Plates, and...

Léon de Smet (Ghent 1881 – Deurle 1966). Oil painting on canvas, Still Life with an Image of the Madonna in a Glass Case, Faience Plates, and Popular Religious Coloured Prints by Léon de Smet (Ghent 1881 – Deurle 1966). 1923 Depicts part of a mantelpiece, covered with patterned material in pink, blue and white. On it in the centre stands a portable altar with black frame and four baluster feet. The altar depicts the Virgin and Child dressed in white, against a lapis lazuli sky with six stars. On the mantelpiece to right is a plate with a picture of a cock, and a white vase; to the left a similar plate and a circular stemmed dish. On the wall at the right is a picture of Christ and on the left a picture of a winged figure. At the top can be seen the bottom edge of a large painting. Label on back of canvas framing; "James Bourlet and Sons Ltd. 17 and 18 Nassau St .... A4895" Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire (Accredited Museum)