Large Painting By Rémy Cogghe, Prix De Rome Winner. Roubaix Museum "the Swimming Pool".

Rémy Cogghe; born in Belgium but arriving in Roubaix at a very young age. Rémy Cogghe established himself as the leading Roubaix artist of his generation. After winning the Prix de Rome, which allowed him to discover the Mediterranean basin and Rome, he returned to the northern textile city, which he would practically never leave again, where he produced numerous portraits of the local bourgeoisie and genre scenes inspired by the picturesque Roubaix. See the Rémy Cogghe room at the "La Piscine" Museum in Roubaix. Title of the painting: Good Friday at the Church of San Carlo ai Catinari in Rome. Circa 1900. Canvas dimensions: 188 x 130 cm or 1.88 x 1.30 meters. Frame dimensions: 226 x 170 cm or 2.26 x 1.70 meters. Overall good condition. France. Late 19th/early 20th century.