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The Master Painter, 1877

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 115.5 x 190 cm
  • Inv. 1877-F

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Jan Frans Verhas specialised in portraits of wealthy middle class children. Although in most cases the composition is carefully considered and quite classical, one is struck by his lively depiction of children at play. In this work, The Master Painter shows a small boy in great concentration making his first marks with a brush under the tender and encouraging gaze of his brother and sisters. The children’s natural poses enhance the relaxed feel one finds in a snapshot. The warm colours, the decorative background and the opulent furnishings accentuate the middle-class atmosphere.

Artist

Jan Verhas RKD Wikidata
Dendermonde 1834 - Schaerbeek (Brussels) 1896
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Title The Master Painter
Date 1877
Period 19th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signature and year left of centre: Jan Verhas 1877.
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1877-F
Acquisition credit purchase
salon
Ghent
1877
Current whereabouts Work on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1877-F
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/204/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300139140 genre pictures AAT
Keywords Iconclass 22C5 reflection (light in general) Iconclass
25G4 plants and herbs Iconclass
25G41 flowers Iconclass
31D112 child Iconclass
31D1121 tot, toddler ~ the ages of man Iconclass
31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass
31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass
31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass
31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass
31D130 Maidenhood Iconclass
41A711 table Iconclass
41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass
41B311 chandelier, candelabrum Iconclass
42G2221 brothers (second degree family relationships) Iconclass
42G2222 sisters (second degree family relationships) Iconclass
43C54 dominoes Iconclass
43C78 (playing with) toys Iconclass
48A95 children's art Iconclass
48C5142 picture within picture Iconclass
48C515 tools, implements of painter Iconclass
48C5153 brushes ~ implements of painter Iconclass
48C524 drawing, sketch Iconclass
54A1 Activity Iconclass
56B1 Pleasure, Enjoyment, Joy; 'Allegrezza', 'Allegrezza da le medaglie', 'Allegrezza, letitia e giubilo', 'Diletto', 'Piacere', 'Piacere honesto' (Ripa) Iconclass
56B2 Happiness, Felicity Iconclass
School / Style realism (artistic form of expression) AAT
Romantic (modern European styles) AAT
L' illustration belge : journal hebdomadaire / Charles Rozez, Adolphe Mertens. - Brussel : Charles Rozez, 1880-1881 (p. 108)
Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 147)
De Dendermondse schilderschool : Een kunsthistorische benadering / Jean-Pierre De Bruyn. - Dendermonde : Ronde Tafel 57, 1982 (p. 49 (ill. 56))
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Robert Hoozee. - Brussel : Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1988 (p. 85)
Kindercatalogus Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Helke Lauwaert, Petja Gekiere, Celesta Daniëls, Karen Van Gulik. - Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 1998
De Dendermondse School doorheen twee eeuwen Kunstacademie 1800-2000 / Jean-Pierre De Bruyn, Aimé Stroobants, Brigitte Rosseels, Nadine Vande Kerckhove, Marie Decoodt. - Dendermonde : Ronde Tafel 57, 2000 (p. 110 (ill.))
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 338-339 (ill.))
Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 69 (ill.))
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021
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