Beautiful and large chromo signed H.HOUBEN - With its original oak frame, under glass - dated 1907 (inside) - Some traces of humidity and an old touch-up in the center of the sky on the top, small traces of white paint on the frame, it is slightly veiled, all clearly visible on the photo - Ref. 33111116/1458Dimensions with frame: 88.5 x 68.5 cm - The chromo: 74 x 54 cm - Weight 4 kg - Born in Antwerp in 1858, Henri Houben was the son of a violin master at the School of Music from Antwerp. In 1877, Houben enrolled at the Academy of Antwerp and became a pupil of the painter Karel Verlat. Houben spent some time in Holland, but eventually returned and settled in Belgium, where he enjoyed a successful career as a painter of landscapes, portraits, and figures. In 1885 he was named a master painting at the Antwerp Academy, a position he held until his death in 1931. to SEE the OBJECT AT BEST with ITS POSSIBLE SMALL DEFECTS -