Reclining Female Figure, after the verse 'Le désert a déroulé devant moi son vaste silence' by Jean Vatout

pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper
183 x 109 mm
Inv. 1951-S-24

Josse Sébastien Van den Abeele

Ghent 1797 - Ghent 1855
draftsmen (artists)

print room figures (representations) landscapes female sex; woman adolescent, young woman, maiden 19th century

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The quote is from the novel Les aventures de la fille d'un roi, racontées par elle-même (1820-21) by the French writer, functionary and politician Jean Vatout (1791-1848). The full sentence reads: 'Mon père avait une belle hutte; ses moutons buvaient les eaux de mille torrens, et j'ai erré sans patrie! j'ai vu la fumée des fêtes de l'étranger; le désert a déroulé devant moi son vaste silence; j'ai entendu soupir l'âme de la solitude, et la lune m'a raconté son grand secret de mélancolie.'

Artist	Josse Sébastien Van den Abeele RKD VIAF Wikidata Ghent 1797 - Ghent 1855 draftsmen (artists)AAT
Title	Reclining Female Figure, after the verse 'Le désert a déroulé devant moi son vaste silence' by Jean Vatout
Period	19th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings	inscription at the top: Le désert a déroulé devant moi son vaste silence
Collection	print room
Object type	pencil drawings AAT
Inventory number	1951-S-24
Acquisition credit	bequest Wante, H. 1951
Current whereabouts	Work currently not on display
Permalink	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1951-S-24
IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2280/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass	25G3 trees Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA236 lying figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 48C524 drawing, sketch Iconclass 61B2(JEAN VATOUT) historical person (JEAN VATOUT) Iconclass
School / Style	Neoclassical AAT

Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Tekeningen, pastels en aquarellen; Inventaris / Moniek Nagels. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1988 (p. 53)

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