Frans Meerts Attibuted, 1836-1896, Blegium, oil on canvas of an elderly scholar sitting at his desk and writing with a plummed pen, signed lower right, "Frans Meerts," 16" x 12 1/2" in a black period frame, "Foster Bros." label on frame back, crackle, hole, small losses and repair. Provenance: Noted on back of canvas, "Private collection of Harrison Gray Ottis, 1869."
