A signed pastel/charcoal market scene, artist "G. Michiels," dated 29-7-1924 (bottom right).

Composition: 

A bustling market square in Bruges, rendered in warm sepia and ochre tones on toned paper, with white/cream highlights picked out in chalk. A large open umbrella dominates the upper-center, sheltering a cluster of women in traditional Flemish dress — dark cloaks, white lace bonnets/coifs typical of early-20th-century Bruges market women.

Foreground: 

A round market table with baskets of produce or fish, an elderly seated figure with a cane, a stooped woman arranging goods at a stall on the left, and a standing figure in workwear (cap, boots) at right carrying pails. Wicker baskets are scattered across the cobblestones in the foreground.

Background: 

Traditional stepped-gable Flemish townhouses with mullioned windows, a hanging street lantern, and an archway — architecturally consistent with the Burg/market district of Bruges.

Technique: 

Loose, expressive linework with cross-hatching for shadow, limited palette (sepia/umber ground with selective white highlights) — consistent with an academic pastel study rather than a finished oil, typical of Belgian genre painters working in Bruges in the 1920s.

Framing: 

Dark wood frame with a sage-green mat, glass-glazed — period-appropriate presentation, likely original or contemporaneous to the piece.