Paul Haesaert (1813-1893), Belgian genre painter, pupil Adrien Ferdinand de Braekeleers and Eugène François de Blocks. Mid 19th century Haesaert became a sought-after and recognized artist at the height of Belgian romanticism with his artistically high-quality genre paintings. Visit of the minstrel. Idyllic, narrative scene with a young mother and two children in front of a town house overgrown with wine, fascinated to listen to a player with a barrel organ and a monkey who entered through the garden gate. Oil / mahogany tablet, u. left signed u. dat. 1849, provenance: Bert Quadvlieg collection, 64 x 56 cm, framed. 84 x 77 cm