Portrait of Marguerite van Mons

Portrait of Marguerite van Mons is an oil on canvas painting by Belgian painter Théo van Rysselberghe. The portrayed girl is ten-year-old Marguerite van Mons, depicted shortly after the death of her mother. Théo van Rysselberghe was friends with Emile van Mons, a lawyer and well-known art lover, and painted his daughter Marguerite in June 1886. He had previously painted a portrait of her sister Camille (Portrait of Camille Van Mons, 1886) which is now part of the collection of the Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum in Hanover.

Portrait of Marguerite van Mons

Portrait of Marguerite van Mons is an oil on canvas painting by Belgian painter Théo van Rysselberghe. The portrayed girl is ten-year-old Marguerite van Mons, depicted shortly after the death of her mother. Théo van Rysselberghe was friends with Emile van Mons, a lawyer and well-known art lover, and painted his daughter Marguerite in June 1886. He had previously painted a portrait of her sister Camille (Portrait of Camille Van Mons, 1886) which is now part of the collection of the Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum in Hanover.