Franciscus Melzer, Portrait Of A Boy Holding A Book Religion we see Biehl sitting on

we see Biehl sitting on a window sill surreptitiously gathering information

which is crisscrossed at the front with ribbon

It’s beautifully stark and strangely atmospheric

has placed us before a wooden stile that leads on to a dusty quaint track where a mother and child are heading home

23½” x 17⅓” / 60cm x 44cm Year of creation 1955

Franciscus Melzer, Portrait Of A Boy Holding A Book Religion we see Biehl sitting onAn early to mid 19th century portrait of a young man holding a book by Belgian artist, Franciscus Melzer (b. 1808). Hes smartly dressed in a black coat with white shirt, waistcoat and black necktie. While his hair is parted to the side according to the style of the day. Perhaps the most intriguing element to this portrait is the ornately decorated book that hes holding in his right hand. Its beautifully bound and possibly gilded with foliate. Perhaps