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Gun Dogs Surrounding a Rabbit

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 121.3 x 183.5 cm
  • Inv. 1914-CW

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In the 16th century, scientific interest in reality grew. Everything produced by nature was inventoried. This interest manifested itself, among other things, in the emergence of the market and kitchen scene, in which eatables and utensils were depicted with great precision. The most important representative of this genre is Joachim Beuckelaer (c. 1530-ca. 1574) of Antwerp. Beuckelaer's depictions were very popular in both the Northern and Southern Netherlands. The many copies and variants that flooded the art market in the course of the 16th and 17th centuries bear witness to this. The hunting scenes and still lifes of Frans Snijders (1579-1657) were also widely imitated, among others by Antwerp artists such as Pieter Boel (1622-1674), Jan Fyt (1611-1661) and Pieter van den Bemden (c. 1650). Many of these genre paintings and still lifes have a double bottom. They refer to fertility and eroticism and also remind us of the transience of life. The tradition of depicting the four elements, virtues and vices, the senses or the seasons allegorically already existed in the 16th century. However, it is mainly in the 17th century that these representations will make a real furore.

Artist

Pieter Boel RKD Wikidata
Antwerp 1622 - Paris 1674
painters (artists)AAT

Title Gun Dogs Surrounding a Rabbit
Period 17th century
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1914-CW
Acquisition credit bequest
Scribe, Fernand
Ghent
1913
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-CW
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/657/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300263554 animal paintings AAT
25H landscapes Iconclass
Keywords Iconclass 25F26(RABBIT) rodents: rabbit Iconclass
25G11 groups of trees Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass
25G31 shrubs Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass
25H153 bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass
25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass
26A clouds Iconclass
34B11 dog Iconclass
41A housing Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass
41A14 urban housing Iconclass
43C11 hunting, chase Iconclass
43C1147 hunting dogs Iconclass
School / Style Baroque AAT
Rubens, Van Dyck und ihr Kreis / Gustav Glück. - Wien : Verlag von Anton Schroll & Co., 1933 (p. 363)
Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 59)
Guide du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, Orné de 52 reproductions de tableaux : Extrait du guide illustré de Gand / Jos. Casier. - Gand : Anc. Maison d'édition Vanderpoorten, 1949 (p. 29)
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. I, p. 57 (ill.))
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021
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