Joseph Lies or Joseph Henri Hubert Lies was a Belgian Romantic painter, draughtsman and engraver. He worked in a wide range of genres including history painting, landscapes, genre scenes and portraits. He enjoyed a European-wide reputation during his lifetime.
Portrait of Joseph Lies by Charles Verlat
A contrast
Maria Leys, daughter of Henri Leys
Landscape
Nicaise de Keyser was a Belgian painter of mainly history paintings and portraits who was one of the key figures in the Belgian Romantic-historical school of painting.
Nicaise de Keyser (1836), lithograph by Charles Baugniet
Battle of the Golden Spurs (1836).
Leopold I of Belgium
Louise d'Orléans, Queen of the Belgians