During the French Revolution and the Empire, Jacques-Louis David put his work at the service of Maximilien de Robespierre and Napoleon respectively. His love for grandiose, reasoned and balanced compositions lends itself extremely well to propaganda purposes. But this controversial theme makes Paris a dangerous place for David after the restoration of the monarchy and forces him to move to Brussels. David's Brussels period heralds strong stylistic changes. His colouring becomes more intense and the attempt to combine the ideal with the realistic more striking. A few weeks before his death, Jacques-Louis David donated four drawings to the Société Royale des Beaux-Arts in Ghent (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, inv. 1933-E-1 to 1933-3-4). The artist has previously exhibited twice in the Ghent City Hall, at exhibitions organised by the circle. The chalk drawings illustrate David's late style, which re-actualises Antiquity in a more realistic representation. Typical are the heavy modelling and the accent on relief and shadows.
| Artist |
Jacques-Louis David
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| Title | Three Women |
| Date | 1817 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Brussels TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature, year and place top right: L. David 1817 Brux. |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | chalk drawings AAT |
| Inventory number | 1933-E-1 |
| Acquisition credit |
transfer
Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Ghent 1933 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1933-E-1 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/1336/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A72
female sex; woman
Iconclass
31B6212 looking downwards Iconclass 31B6213 looking sideways Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 41D211 dress, gown Iconclass 41D221(HEADSCARF) head-gear (HEADSCARF) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Neoclassical AAT |
| Exposition : Notice des objets d'art exposés au Salon de la Société Royale des Beaux-Arts et de la Littérature à Gand, le 29 janvier 1826, et jours suivans. - Gand : s.n., 1826 |
| Exposition : Notice des objets d'art exposés au Salon de la Société Royale des Beaux-Arts et de la Littérature à Gand, le 29 janvier 1826, et jours suivans. - Gand : s.n., 1826 |
| Notice des tableaux, miniatures, sculptures, gravures, dessins, projets d'architecture, etc., conservés au Salon de la Société Royale des Beaux-Arts et de la Littérature à Gand. - Gand : D.J. Vanderhaeghen, 1836 (p. 6, nr. 60) |
| Précis historique de la Société Royale des Beaux-Arts et de Littérature de Gand : 1808-1845 / Edmond De Busscher. - Gand : De Busscher Frères, 1845 (p. 114) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Tekeningen, pastels en aquarellen; Inventaris / Moniek Nagels. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1988 (p. 9) |
| Aanwinsten : Barok tot classicisme (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 09.03 - 09.04.1989). - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1989 (s.p. (ill. 14)) |
| Goya y el mundo moderno (Zaragoza, Museo de Zaragoza, 18.12.2008 - 08.03.2009) / Concha Lomba Serrano, Valeriano Bozal, Jaime Brihuega Sierra, Werner Hofmann, Antonio Muñoz Molina. - Aragón : Fundación Goya en Aragón, 2008 |
| onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (p. 76, cat. 85 (ill.)) |
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