Antique Oil on Canvas Painting Jean-Michel Cels (1819–1894), Circa 1850 Sold 5 cm X 23 cm

5 cm X 23 cm X 7

later the Art Institute of Chicago

A finely painted river scene with trees and mountainous landscape behind

as well as at the National Academy of Design

5" deep [46 cm X 46 cm X 39

Antique Oil on Canvas Painting Jean-Michel Cels (1819–1894), Circa 1850 Sold 5 cm X 23 cmAntique 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