Portraits of couples
Portraits of couples are rare in the work of Achilles De Maertelaere. We only know three of them. There are however a series of portraits in which a couple is depicted in two separate works.
![Pianoscene - s.d.](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000705-266cb2766a/0131-Pianoscene.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
Pianoscene - s.d.
![Portrait of a couple - s.d.](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000862-0b8f10c82f/0133-Portret%20van%20een%20koppel-5.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
Portrait of a couple - s.d.
![Portret of Ernest De Maertelaere and his wife Livina De Moor - 1919](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000707-cf613d0617/0229-Portret%20van%20Ernest%20De%20Maertelaere%20en%20Livina%20De%20Moor.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
Portret of Ernest De Maertelaere and his wife Livina De Moor - 1919
Léon Janssens and Sylvie De Maertelaere - 1928
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000766-3624e3720d/0213-Portret%20Leon%20Janssens-40.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000711-43f2e44ec2/0214-Portret%20Sylvie%20De%20Maertelaere-1.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
Ernest De Maertelaere and Livina De Moor - 1929
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000763-7597676875/0139-Portret%20van%20Ernest%20De%20Maertelaere-0.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000765-e1c1be2b65/0197-Portret%20van%20Livina%20De%20Moor-3.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000725-6329f641a4/0141-Portret%20van%20een%20Syri%C3%ABr-0.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000724-64759656f0/0117-Portret%20van%20gravin%20Cattafago.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
Count and Countess Cattafago - s.d.
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000959-c9853ca7cc/0147-Portret%20van%20professor%20Steels-65.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000811-1962e1a5a1/0113-Portret%20van%20mevrouw%20Steels-45.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
Prof. Oscar Steels and his wife - s.d.
Gustave de Smet and his wife - s.d.
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000722-60636615da/0149-Portret%20van%20Gustave%20De%20Smet-5.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000723-2032a212ca/0110-Portret%20van%20mevrouw%20De%20Smedt-7.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
Mr. and Mrs. Willems - s.d.
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000729-412924225c/0154-Portret%20van%20Mr%20Willems-7.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000809-08cc009c95/0108-Portret%20van%20mevrouw%20Willems-8.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000720-1f6a720661/0148-Portret%20van%20burgemeerster%20van%20Zeveneken.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000721-b44d1b5531/0178-Portret%20van%20mevrouw%20Victorine%20Adriaenssens-7.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
Achilles Dierinck and Victorine Adriaenssens - 1984
Joseph Bourgeois and Cécile Lodrioor - 1954-1955
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000859-f36290038c/0004-Portret%20van%20Joseph%20Bourgeois-6.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000860-0577206776/0005-Portret%20van%20C%C3%A9cile%20Lodrioor-Bourgeois-5.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
Frans and Maria Luyckx - 1945
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000883-4876a496f1/0247-Portret%20van%20mijnheer%20Luyckx.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
![](https://adf6747adb.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/fe928f5479ec2e10d373c4a5453afe8d/200000884-b5d2bb6c39/0246-Portret%20van%20mevrouw%20Luyckx.jpg?ph=adf6747adb)
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