Henri Van den Wildenbergh (?): Portret van Jan Smits, olie op paneel, gedateerd 1903

Work: 26,5 x 18,7 cm

Frame: 29 x 21,5 cm

The reverse with the text: 'Uit achting aan Jan Smits bij zijn 25 jarig jubelfeest'. 

Henri Van den Wildenbergh was a painter in Antwerp. In 1914, as a director and teacher of painting and art history, he became one of the pioneers in the Vaktekenschool in the Melkerijstraat in Essen (1915). In 1919 this became the Vocational School and was later located in the Stationsstraat next to the Gildenhuis. It became the Technical Institute Don Bosco (link and link).