Jan GAREMIJN (Bruges 1712 - 1799) Putto carrying a tambourine Sanguine and white chalk highlights on beige paper. Old collector's label lower right of the mount. (Hole on the right edge, lower right corner cut, small stains, small folds). 20.5 x 29.5 cm As a young man, Jan Garemijn was a pupil of the sculptor Rochus Aerts, Hendrik Pulinx and Lodewijk Roose, both painters. In 1765, he became professor and director of the Bruges Academy, a position he held for ten years. A prolific artist, he is admired above all for his drawing skills. His style was strongly influenced by the great French artists Boucher, Fragonard and Greuze, as well as his compatriots Jordaens and Rubens.