Rik Wouters
(Mechelen 1882 – Amsterdam 1916)
Portrait bust of Edgard Tytgat
With signature and numbered 5/6 on the left breast
On the back of the base the inscription Archives/Archives Rik Wouters, Belgian Art Institute – Noortman and foundry name Susse Fondeur Paris and stamp and
dated 2004.
Bronze, H. 69 cm
Provenance:
Noortman master Paintings, Maastricht.
NB:
In 1907 Wouters made a bust of his dear friend Tytgat in plaster. Due to his early death at the age of (33 year) the sculpture was never cast in bronze. The plaster copy belongs to the collection of the Brussels Royal Museum of Fine Arts.