Gilt framed oil-on-canvas signed lower right F. Verhaegen.

Fernand Verhaegen (1883-1975) was a Belgian painter and etcher. He was born in Marchienne-au-Pont, near Charleroi in Wallonia.  He took courses at the Academy for Fine Arts of Brussels from 1900 to 1906 after graduation he exhibited his works at many places in Belgium and abroad (Biennale of Venice in 1920 and 1922).