Young Cooper At Work

Description Known primarily as a lithographer and painter of sentimental and comic genre scenes, Madou achieved fame through his "Picturesque Tour of Holland." He spent considerable time travelling and sketching. He was regarded as one of the major genre painters of Belgium in the 19th century.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
5/14/1980	Examination	examined for exhibition

Exhibitions

• Salute to Belgium. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1980.
• A Connoisseur's Portfolio: Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors in the Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1983.

Provenance William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] at lower left on wall: Madou

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters