Last gasp of Romantic style before Realist
Drawing keen interest at Hansons (20% buyer’s premium) in Derbyshire last month was a work by Belgian painter Francois Joseph Navez (1787-1869), an artist who rarely appears in the UK salerooms.
The 2ft 9in x 2ft 2in (85 x 65cm) oil on canvas, Far Away Thoughts, was signed and dated 1851 and …