Christian Aigens, Portrait Of A Boy Portraits Size including frame 30⅔” x

Size including frame 30⅔” x 18” / 78cm x 46cm

1870Provenance: GermanyCondition: Overall very presentable

Frame scrapped back from its original gilding

The sensitive handling suggests a lasting friendship

Monet had begun his ‘Water Lillies’ series

Christian Aigens, Portrait Of A Boy Portraits Size including frame 30⅔” xA charming portrait of a boy looking curiously out of a window by Danish artist, Anders Peter Christian Aigens (1870 1940). Aigens often painted this lad and hes likely related perhaps its his son. Aigens was born in Copenhagen and trained at the Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler, which offered an alternative approach to the classical leanings of the Academy. During his time there, he studied under Peder Severin Kryer and Laurits Tuxe. He later trained at