Reverie (1854). Alfred Stevens (Belgian, Academic, 1823-1906). Oil on canvas. In 19th-century P
Reverie (1854). Alfred Stevens (Belgian, Academic, 1823-1906). Oil on canvas.In 19th-century Paris, Stevens was more in demand than his friend Edouard Manet. King Leopold II of his native Belgium was a patron, the Vanderbilts snapped up his sumptuous oils of ladies in haute-couture dresses, and William Merritt Chase sought the artist’s advice. “He was kind of a bridge painter between the 19th century and Impressionism." -- source link
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