In line with Paris and Lille the Ghent Academy organized its first Salon in 1792, next to a competition focusing on the theme of a character portrait. Ernest Joseph Bailly obtained first prize with this man’s portrait. The face is contorted in a grimace that exudes nothing but contempt. Character portraits such as this one tie in with a long tradition that goes back to Leonardo da Vinci and Pieter Brueghel. For his depiction of the theme Contempt of Hate Bailly probably drew inspiration from examples by painter-draughtsman Charles le Brun and sculptor Frans Xaver Messerschmidt, two artists who drew up an inventory as it were of every possible expression.
| Artist |
Ernest Joseph Bailly
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| Title | Contempt of Hatred (Expressive Head) |
| Date | ca. 1792 |
| Period | 18th century |
| Location | France TGN |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | S-195 |
| Acquisition credit |
transfer
Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Ghent 1952 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-195 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6929/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300139140 genre pictures AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11R1
personifications ~ the life of man
Iconclass
22C light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31B6213 looking sideways Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 32A6 physiognomy Iconclass 48A98 ornaments ~ art Iconclass 48A9863 rocaille ornament Iconclass 48C5156 frame of painting, etc. Iconclass 56FF2 Hate; 'Odio capitale' (Ripa) Iconclass 57BB21 Contempt Iconclass 61B historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life) Iconclass 61B11 anonymous historical person portrayed Iconclass 61B111 anonymous historical person portrayed alone Iconclass |
| School / Style | Neoclassical AAT |
| De levens en werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs en bouwmeesters van het begin der vijftiende eeuw tot heden / Joannes (Jr) Immerzeel. - Amsterdam : J.C. Van Kesteren, 1842-1843 (dl. 1, p. 21) |
| Ernest Bailly (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| Catalogue descriptif du Musée de la ville de Gand : précédé d'une notice historique / Adolphe Pierre Sunaert. - Gand : E. Vanderhaeghen, 1870 (p.143, nr. 195) |
| 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. 58-59 (ill.)) |
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