Victor Lagye was a close friend of Henri Leys. He shared his views on historical painting, which advocated the portrayal of historical reality as truthfully as possible. In this scene, which is set in a medieval interior, we see a small version of Rogier van der Weyden’s Lamentation on the mantelpiece and a Flight to Egypt painted in the style of the Flemish Primitives on the cradle. This is Lagye’s way of telling us that this is a Catholic family. The Calvinistic Republic of Ghent came to an end in 1584. Catholic traditions, which had been popular before the troubles of 1577, now dominated once more.
| Artist |
Victor Lagye
RKD
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| Title | Family Scene at the Time of the Catholic League (1609) |
| Date |
1850
1871 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature et inscription bottom left: V. Lagye. 7 [...] / XX |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1871-B |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Delehaye, François Ghent 1871 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1871-B |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/192/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300033898 history paintings AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11
Christian religion
Iconclass
11D Christ Iconclass 11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11D334 adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass 11P the Church (as institution) Iconclass 23T27(16) modern division of historical epochs ~ centuries (16) Iconclass 31B6212 looking downwards Iconclass 31B6213 looking sideways Iconclass 31D111 infant, baby ~ the ages of man Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 31D17 old woman Iconclass 41A2 interior of the house Iconclass 41A4 decorations (interior of the house) Iconclass 41A421 curtains Iconclass 41A431 rugs (textiles) Iconclass 41A44 (decorated) ceiling Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass 41A7221 cushion Iconclass 41A731 case furniture Iconclass 41A771 container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin, etc. Iconclass 41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass 41C37 table-cloth Iconclass 42 family, descendance Iconclass 42A411 cradle, crib Iconclass 42B7 family life Iconclass 42B74 family group, especially parents with their child(ren) Iconclass 42G family, relationship, descent Iconclass 42G211 parents (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2111 father (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2112 mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G212 children (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2121 son (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2122 daughter (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G221 grandparents (second degree family relationships) Iconclass 48A9852 linenfold ~ ornament Iconclass 48C5142 picture within picture Iconclass 49MM32 book - MM - book open Iconclass 61D(GERMANY) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (GERMANY) Iconclass 61I(THE CATHOLIC LEAGUE) names of historical events and situations (THE CATHOLIC LEAGUE) Iconclass 61I(THE THIRTY YEAR'S WAR) names of historical events and situations (THE THIRTY YEAR'S WAR) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73B64 flight into Egypt and miracles during the journey Iconclass 73B641 the flight into Egypt: Mary, Joseph, the child (and sometimes others) on their way; Mary usually riding on an ass Iconclass 73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass 73D7 from Christ's deposition to his entombment (Matthew 27:58-66; Mark 15:46-47; Luke 23:53-56; John 19:39-42) Iconclass 73D7213 Christ's body on or in the grave Iconclass |
| School / Style | historicism (theory) AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 90) |
| 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. 208-209) |
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