Lot 124: Genre scene

Joseph Van Den Bussche (Joseph Emanuel Van Den Bussche, Belgian, 1837-1908), two women, musician, child and older woman with baskets of oranges in exterior architectural setting, signed lower middle “Emanuel Van den Bussche,” oil on canvas, flaking, crackle, patch lower right, original stretcher and tacking edge, canvas loose, retouch to child’s cheek, lower left edge, old lady’s shroud and other figure, approximately 5 percent of canvas retouched, 31-1/2 x 39-1/4", gilt wood and composition French style frame