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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9421966, member: 2844&quot;]I found several signatures that are close, and his signatures differed slightly, as signatures often do.</p><p>It is also Malfait&#039;s style, if I take into consideration that the dark tone is due to dirt. Maybe a former owner was a very heavy smoker.</p><p>But I am no expert on Malfait.</p><p><br /></p><p>White houses are typical of the region in and around beautiful Sint Martens-Latem, where he lived during the later period of his life.</p><p>Sint Martens-Latem was known for its Expressionist artist colony, but Malfait said that he only moved to Sint Martens-Latem to get away from the noise in his first house on a busy road in Astene.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The farm labourer looks very dark for a Flemish person, but he could be a Manouche.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Debora said, it is difficult to get a good view of the painting with the glare etc. Maybe balancing it on your leg while taking a photo is not the best way to get a quality picture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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