New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Henri François Schaefels

26 works

Henri François Schaefels (1827-1904) was a painter, printmaker and draftsperson from Belgium. Read more

Featured

Painting of a row of old brick houses with stepped gables and red tile roofs under a cloudy sky.

Old Houses

Painting of a stone courtyard with arched doorways, barred windows, a stone column, and cobbled ground in muted brown tones.

Old Courtyard of Antwerp Town Hall

1873

Painting of old brick and stone houses with stepped gables and slate roofs under a cloudy sky.

Court of Liere

Painting of large sailing warships in battle with smoke and billowing sails, with distant ships and shoreline in hazy light.

Siege of Vlissingen by an English Squadron

1890

Painting of two sailing warships in battle, enveloped in gunsmoke on a stormy sea under a grey sky.

A Naval Battle

1880

Painting of old rooftops, stepped gables, brick chimneys and spired towers under a cloudy sky.

The Vleeshuis, Old Roofs and Crow-Stepped Gables

Sailors fight on a smoky warship deck during battle, a tricolour flag flying beside broken rigging and fallen men.

The Algeciras at the Battle of Trafalgar

1879

Painting of old brick houses with stepped gables, red tile roofs and church spires under a cloudy sky.

The Vleeshuis and Old Houses

Dim stone courtyard with barred arched window, wooden door, barred windows and cobblestones, painted 1870.

Old Courtyrad of Antwerp Town Hall

1870

Painting of a tall brick house with a stepped gable, rows of windows and a wooden arched entrance under a cloudy sky.

House in the Braderijstraat, Antwerp

1869

Painting of stepped-gable brick houses and rooftops in Antwerp under a cloudy sky, with a weathervane above.

Facades on the Handschoenmarkt, Antwerp

1842

Painting of a sunlit old street with gabled houses, red roofs and a church tower behind them.

The Stoelstraatje and the tower of the Saint Paul's Church

1869

Painting of a brick courtyard with slate roofs, a tiled wooden shed, and a woman laundering by a whitewashed wall.

Sint-Annagodshuis in the Otto Veniusstraat, Antwerp

1869

Etching of a crowded procession with clergy and a tall cross passing Gothic buildings, with onlookers along the street.

Mensen krabben zichzelf tijdens een processie door de stad

1867

Etching of a large sailing ship moored at a quay with wooden pilings, with a small rowboat on the water beside it.

Schip aangemeerd bij een laadplaats

1864

Brown wash drawing of a burning brick building with smoke, a crowd at left, a cart in the street and a church spire behind.

De brand van de petroleumopslagplaatsen te Antwerpen op 10 augustus 1866

1867

Etching of a 17th-century naval battle with a burning sailing ship and crowded boats of armed men in rough water.

Het veroveren van de Royal Charles, 1667

1847

Pencil sketch of ornamental scrolls and curling tendrils along curved lines on pale paper.

Gedeelte van een schets met ornamentele ranken

1860

Etching of two fishermen with a rod at the water's edge, a woman nearby, and a village with a church spire behind.

Vissers met hengel aan het water bij een dorp

1862

Etching of several sailing boats on rippled water under a cloudy sky, with a dark-sailed vessel in the foreground.

Schepen op het water

1863

Etching of a butcher standing in a cart harnessed to two dogs lying on a street beside a wooden door, 1863.

Slager bij een wagen getrokken door twee honden

1863

Etching of a three-masted ship firing a cannon at sea, with smoke, a small boat, and other ships under cumulus clouds.

Schip op het water lost een kanonschot

1863

Etching of townspeople giving alms to beggars at a cathedral entrance, with a seated beggar and a dog in the foreground.

Groep figuren geeft geld aan bedelaars bij het binnengaan van de kathedraal te Antwerpen

1863

Etching of villagers fleeing past burning houses, carrying bundles and a chest, with a dog and an elderly man with a cane.

Mensen vluchten voor een brand te Ranst

1863

Etching of soldiers with pikes receiving a letter beside a stone wall, a cart and a flag in the background.

Bode geeft een brief aan een groep soldaten

1863

Etching of a man walking along a ship's bowsprit above a crowd of onlookers in boats and on the harbour quay.

Menigte aanschouwt hoe een man over de spriet van een boot loopt

1837

Henri François Schaefels (1827-1904) was a painter, printmaker and draftsperson from Belgium. Henri François Schaefels was born and died in Antwerp. Browse 26 works by Henri François Schaefels from 3 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata