Henri Bogaerts - portret van koningin Wilhelmina - Sold

portrait made by Henricus Adrianus Bogaerts (Henri). Work has hung in the Commandery of St Jan in Nijmegen. Now privately owned. Condition of the painting: paint is crackled. The work was restored about 30 years ago, whereby the restorer added elements: an ermine mantle with tail tips was added. Some mother-of-pearl stones in the crown that had disappeared have also been added. The top lace edge of her cardigan is turned on.
Henri Bogaerts came up with a controversial invention in 1879: 'Peinture Bogaerts', a printing process with which he achieved surprising results. It concerned a reproduction technique that Bogaerts and his descendants used for decades to produce thousands of reproductions of paintings and photo portraits that could hardly be distinguished from the original. The image in question was first reproduced in color by means of photography and then applied to canvas or a panel with a relief layer. The print was then painted over with oil paint. The painting combined with the relief and the resemblance to the original image then suggested that one was dealing with an original painting. Bogaerts' achievements did not go unnoticed, because in 1877 he was made a knight of the order of Saint Gregory the Great and in the graphic industry he obtained several prestigious medals and honorary diplomas. (see also Wikipedia).