Bouquet of thistles in a vase
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left, in its original old gilted frame.
46 x 35 cm 18.11 x 13.77 inches
70.5 x 59 cm 27.75 x 23.22 inches with its frame
Jules Laurens was a student in Paris of Paul Delaroche.
From 1846 to 1849 he followed a geographical, scientific and historical mission in Turkey and Persia.
He was a friend of Victor Hugo in exile in Jersey