Double portrait of Louise and Robert Grossier
| Dating | May 7, 1898 |
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| Material / technique | oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 23 x 32 cm |
| Literature | |
| Exhibitions | Roermond 1979 (August 11 – Oktober 1), Gemeentemuseum Roermond, 'Kinderen van Toen', cat. no. 40 |
| Provenance | Grossier Family, Maastricht, the Netherlands |
| Current residence | private property Heerlen, the Netherlands |
| Signature | t.r. with paint: HRI GOOVAERTS 7 MEI 1898 |
| Headings | verso, with black paint, possibly not written by Goovaerts: V.L. Robert - M.S. Louise // N. 28 DEC. 1894 GROSSIER N. 23 MEI 1897 verso, glued on the panel: a sheet from a calendar with a picture of Henri Goovaerts and a short description of who he is. verso: label from the Roermond 1979 exhibition |
| Remarks | This is the only known double portrait in the work of Henri Goovaerts. Here we see Marie Sophie Louise (1897-1973) and her brother Victor Leon Robert (1894-1911), the two oldest children of Albert Grossier and Louisa Wijnands. The couple had commissioned Henri Goovaerts to portray their parents(-in-law) a year earlier. It is believable that portraits of the couple itself also have been made, although these are not known up till now. |