The French painter Joseph Edouard Dantan worked in the academic tradition. His contemporaries praised his mastery of trompe l’oeil and stereoscopic photography. In addition to historical and mythological scenes, he is best known for his depictions of artists’ studios with naked life models that recall, at times, the workshop that belonged to his sculptor father. ‘Le Paradou’ is the name of the paradisiacal garden in the novel La faute de l’Abbé Mouret by Emile Zola. It is in this garden that the young priest Mouret loses his innocence when seduced by the charming and pure Albine. Dantan’s painting depicts the tentative beginnings of the temptation when the forces of nature, at their peak during summer, have as much power as the charms of the young girl.
Artist |
Joseph Édouard Dantan
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Title | Le Paradou (after Emile Zola) |
Date | 1883 |
Period | 19th century |
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year below on the tripod's leg: E - DANTAN / 1893 |
inscription and signature reverse, on the stretcher: "LE PARADOU" E. DANTAN / LA FAUTE DE L'ABBÉ MOURET / EMILE ZOLA | |
Collection | paintings AAT |
Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
Inventory number | 1924-AB |
Acquisition credit |
gift
Claes-Duparcq (coll.) Ghent 1924 |
Current whereabouts | Work on display |
Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1924-AB |
IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/982/manifest.json |
Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300055865 Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT 25H landscapes Iconclass |
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Keywords Iconclass |
11P3121
priest (Roman Catholic)
Iconclass
25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25G41 flowers Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H15 forest, wood Iconclass 25H153 bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 41A6 garden Iconclass 41A641 statues, sculptures in garden Iconclass 41A6711 flowers in a vase Iconclass 41A7111 tripod Iconclass 56F1 Desire; 'Desiderio' (Ripa) Iconclass 56F13 (Feeling of) Attraction Iconclass 56F2518 'Passione d'amore' (Ripa) Iconclass 71A321 Garden of Eden, paradise Iconclass 82A(SERGE MOURET) male literary characters (SERGE MOURET) Iconclass 82AA(ALBINE) female literary characters (ALBINE) Iconclass 83(ZOLA, La Faute de l'abbé Mouret) (scenes from) specific works of literature (ZOLA, La Faute de l'abbé Mouret) Iconclass |
School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 52) |
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. 123 (ill.)) |
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