Self-portrait of the painter with his son Oscar

Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans was a painter and illustrator born in Brussels, United Kingdom of the Netherlands. He was the son of Josse-Joseph Coomans (1787–1868), inspector of registration and estates and author of novels and poetry, and Cécile Lesprit (1792–1871). He was known as one of Belgium's most celebrated 19th-century painters of historic subjects, genre scenes, and landscapes.