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Jean-Baptiste MADOU (Brussels, 1796 – Sint-Joost-ten-Node, 1…
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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Description
Jean-Baptiste MADOU (Brussels, 1796 – Sint-Joost-ten-Node, 1877)
The Village Festival
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated ‘Madou 1873’ at the bottom, towards the centre
46.5 x 66 cm
Provenance: Faure Collection;
His estate sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Maître Pillet, 29 April 1878, lot 37;
Alfred Michiels de Tirlemont Collection, April 1891;
Alphonse Willems Collection, Brussels, in 1905;
Sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Messrs Lair-Dubreuil and Baudoin, 3 May 1920, lot 32;
Acquired at this sale by Jenny Rotthier Baudoux;
Léon Rotthier Collection;
Then passed down to Jeannine Rotthier-Thielemans (1911–1993);
Then passed down to Jean-Jacques Rotthier (1932–2009);
Then passed down through the family;
Private collection, Belgium
Exhibitions: Retrospective Exhibition of Belgian Art, Brussels, Royal Society of Fine Arts of Brussels, 15 July–2 November 1905, no. 541
Jubilee Exhibition of the Brussels Artistic and Literary Circle: 1847–1922, Brussels, 4–26 November 1922, no. 126
Centenary of Belgian Art: 1830–1930: A Century of Art, 17 May–1 November 1930, no. 262
Centenary of the Royal Artistic and Literary Circle of Brussels, 1947, according to family tradition
J.-B. Madou Retrospective, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Hôtel Charlier, 19 September–18 October 1964, according to a label on the reverse
Bibliography: Gustave van Zijpe, 19th-Century Belgian Art, Brussels, 1923, p. 8
Jean-Baptiste MADOU (Brussels, 1796 – Sint-Joost-ten-Node, 1877)
46.5 x 66 cm
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Old Masters & 19th-century masters
Auction location
Auction time
09/15/2026 at 11:00 AM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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