Lot 193: Joseph Bles , Dutch 1825-1875 the daily market on the Groenmarkt with the St. Jacobskerk in the back, The Hague oil on panel

signed l.r. oil on panel

83 by 118 cm.

P.A. Scheen, Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750-1850, The Hague 1970, illustration 134

Sale The Hague (Van Marle & Bignell), E.S. Faulbach a.o., 29 September 1956, lot 12, illustrated
The Hague, Kunsthandel P.A. Scheen

Joseph Bles was a student of the painter S.L. Verveer. He was born in The Hague, the city where he worked most of his life. Bles acquired his greatest fame with his lively town views, of which the present lot is a strong example. It is certainly one of the most ambitious paintings he ever painted. The present lot always remained in private hands.