JEAN DELALIEUX (DATES UNKNOWN), PUPIL OF LAURENT DELVAUX (16 - Lot 79

JEAN DELALIEUX (DATES UNKNOWN), PUPIL OF LAURENT DELVAUX (1696-1778) Putto pouring water Relief carved in white marble appliqué Signed "Delalieux fecit" on the lower part under the dexter foot H: 33 x W: 22 cm mounted on a painted wooden panel H: 36.4 x W: 28.5 cm; metal clasp on reverse Bibliography : Alain Jacobs, Laurent Delvaux (1696-1778), Arthena, Paris, 1999, fig.17, p.72 and pp.395-398. This relief depicting a putto pouring water is signed with the name of a pupil of Laurent Delvaux, about whom we have very little information today. The subject is similar to the many angel-cods holding shells by the great Flemish master. Provenance - Anne-Françoise Delvaux (1740-1786), daughter of sculptor Laurent Delvaux, Nivelles - Julie Baugniet (1780-1858), his daughter, Nivelles - Nestor Fievet (1820-1895), his son, Brussels - Louise Fievet (1846-1907), daughter, Brussels - Marie-Thérèse Bricourt (1870-1955), daughter, Brussels, wife of Jules t'Serstevens - By descent