Lot 222
  • 222

Nicolas La Fabrique Namur 1649-1733 Liège

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Description

  • Nicolas La Fabrique
  • Portrait of a Money Lender
  • indistinctly signed middle right Nicola L(?)./ and insribed on the cartouche below Fate p.../ chi di.../non à...
  • oil on canvas

Catalogue Note

Jan de Maere has seen this painting first hand and confirms it to be by La Fabrique.

La Fabrique is an artist about whom little is known.  He studied under André Bouge in Namur and later traveled to Rome and Paris.  In 1662 he is recorded in Liège around 1669 and remained there until his death.