Evert Jan Boks, You’re Never Better Served Than By Yourself Playful This late 19th-century oil painting

This late 19th-century oil painting by Scottish artist John White (1851-1933) depicts a boy fishing in a stream with the sea beyond

Medium: Oil on panelOverall size: 34½” x 26½” / 88cm x 67cmYear of creation: c

and his prospects were increasingly rosy

the roses appear wild as if half a bush has been snipped and planted in a vase

Evert Jan Boks, You’re Never Better Served Than By Yourself Playful This late 19th-century oil paintingThis intimate late 19th century genre scene by Dutch Belgian painter Evert Jan Boks (1838 1914) depicts a maid seated comfortably within a well appointed domestic interior, caught in a private moment of indulgence. It belongs to a period when Boks was at the height of his popularity, exhibiting widely. Reclining in an upholstered armchair, the maid holds a glass of red wine in one hand and a decadent biscuit in the other, her posture relaxed, quietly