Antique Oil on Canvas Painting Jean-Michel Cels (1819–1894), Circa 1850 Sold Housed in mahogany case with

Housed in mahogany case with brass fittings

later the Art Institute of Chicago

as well as at the National Academy of Design

5 cm X 23 cm X 7

5" diameter

Antique Oil on Canvas Painting Jean-Michel Cels (1819–1894), Circa 1850 Sold Housed in mahogany case withAntique Oil on Canvas Painting Jean Michel Cels (18191894), Circa 1850. A finely painted river scene with trees and mountainous landscape behind. The painting having one figure walking down the river bank, the painting signed lower right and housed in a gilt and hardwood frame. Jean Michel Cels was a Belgian landscape painter born in the Hague as the son of the painter Cornelis Cels, who taught him to paint. He was the brother of the architect Josse