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The Love of Gold (The Thirst for Gold) (study), circa 1844

  • pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper
  • 418 x 540 mm
  • Inv. 2025-V

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Artist

Thomas Couture VIAF Wikidata
Senlis 1815 - Villiers-le-Bel 1879
draftsmen (artists)AAT

Title The Love of Gold (The Thirst for Gold) (study)
Date circa 1844
Period 19th century
Collection print room
Object type pencil drawings AAT
Inventory number 2025-V
Acquisition credit long-term loan
Privéverzameling
2025
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/12021/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11N3 the Seven Deadly Sins (personified) Iconclass
11N34 Covetousness; 'Avaritia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins Iconclass
25D13(GOLD) minerals and metals: gold Iconclass
31A232 leaning figure Iconclass
31A2321 leaning forward Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass
31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass
48C524 drawing, sketch Iconclass
School / Style realism (artistic form of expression) AAT
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. 81, cat. 96 (ill.))
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