Portrait de François-Joseph Navez (Belgique, 1787-1869)

Oil on canvas titled “Portrait of His Son Auguste” (1826–1846), painted in 1846.
A Neoclassical painter and pupil of Jean-Louis David (1748–1825), Navez was a member and later director of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. He is known for his family portraits.
The painting is signed (FJ Navez) and dated (1846) in the right margin.
This portrait was originally displayed alongside François-Joseph Navez’s self-portrait painted in 1826, now held in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Brussels.

Dimensions without frame: 73 × 62 cm
Dimensions with frame: 103 × 92 cm