Work: 82 x 66 cmFrame: 96 x 80 cmThe work included in the catalogue raisonne by Dr. Huys,who not unjustly suggests that this is probably a portrait of the painter's son Camille.The person portrayed holds the book 'Catalogue des poincons, coins et medailles du Musee Monetaire de la Commission des monnaies et medailles' (A. Pihan de la Forest, Paris, 1833) in his hands. and Camille was responsible for the coins and medals department in the Royal Library in Brussels.Prov.:- Private collecion, Deinze.- Ex-collection Gaëtan Halsberghe, Menen.- Ex-collection ouvrein-Maesen, Kortrijk.- Auction Latemse Verkoopzaal Bert Daemers, 15 december 1998, lot 270 (as an anonymous painting).- Private collection, Ghent.Ref.:- P. Huys, Charles Picque (1799-1869). Tweede aanvulling van de oeuvre-catalogus, Deinze, Kring voor Geschiedenis en Kunst van Deinze en de Leiestreek, 2006, p. 24 (pl. XII) en p. 264. This catalogue raisonne is also part of the lot.High resolution images are available on our website.