Edward Portieltje (1861-1949) - Seascape with Fishing Boats - Lot 91

Edward Portieltje (1861-1949) - Seascape with Fishing Boats at Low Tide, oil on panel Small marine depicting fishing boats beached at low tide, animated by a few figures on the shore with, in the background, a coastal village standing out against a luminous sky, the whole treated in a supple, light touch characteristic of late XIXᵉ century Belgian painting, signed upper left Edward Portieltje and presented in an antique gilded wooden frame. Details: Technique: oil on panel; Signature: signed top left; Period: late XIXᵉ - early XXᵉ century; School: Belgian school, close to the Antwerp school; Panel size: 11 × 15 cm; Size with frame: 28.5 × 32 cm; Weight: 984 g; Condition: very good, slight wear to frame; Provenance: private collection.