Jean Joseph Weerts (1846-1927) - Portrait of a young woman - dream on ephemeral beauty

Jean Joseph WEERTS
Roubaix, 1846 - Paris, 1927
Portrait of a young woman - dream on ephemeral beauty
Painting, oil on wood
Signed
Painting: 24 x 33 cm
Beautiful original frame: 41 x 49 cm (beautiful gilding)
Circa 1870-80
Very good condition

Weerts made numerous paintings representing women dreaming. Our painting is one of the latter presenting a beautiful young woman holding a Chinese vase containing a bouquet of flowers (nasturtiums, sunflowers, poppies. . .) . This is an allegory of ephemeral beauty: flowers, beautiful in one moment, fade quickly. An allegory in the image of the human being?