AGAPIT STEVENS (Brussels, 1848-Watermael-Boitsfort, 1924) WOMAN WITH PARROT Canvas Signed lower right "Agapit Stevens"; numbered on a label on the reverse of the frame "267". Accidents and old restorations Woman with Parrot, canvas, signed, accidents and restorations 100 x 70,50 CM - 39,4 x 27,8 IN. Belgian-born Agapit Stevens specialised in genre painting and Orientalist scenes featuring odalisques, dancers and musicians. In this composition, the profusion of oriental details - animal skin, vegetation, tambourine - combine with the richness of the young woman's silk drapery. Against a blue background, the artist adorns this dress with a five-clawed dragon, an emblem of the power of the Chinese emperor Qianlong in the 18th century.