The painting Horses and Donkeys for Hire from 1854 shows a tourist attraction that was popular at the time. Saddled riding animals stand ready to take people for a ride. The horses appear to be well looked after and are sheltered by a tent. By contrast, the donkeys are tied up short in the sun and look frail. Joseph Stevens often painted ‘different classes’ of animals and he had a lot of success with his paintings. He was most famous for a series of paintings of dogs; as a street dog, a working dog or as a well-loved pet. This is why Charles Baudelaire also described him as ‘the dog portraitist.’ Together with Charles Degroux, he was one of the first realistic painters in Belgium.
| Artist |
Joseph Stevens
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| Title | Horses and Donkeys for Hire |
| Date | 1854 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Brussels TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom left: JStevens. 1854. |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1911-HK |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1911 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-HK |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/516/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015636
landscapes
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300263554 animal paintings AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F
animals
Iconclass
25F2 mammals Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 41D221(FLAT HEAD) head-gear (FLAT HEAD) Iconclass 46C13141 horse Iconclass 46C13141(MARE) horse (MARE) Iconclass 46C13141(STALLION) horse (STALLION) Iconclass 46C13142 ass, donkey Iconclass 46C13143 mule Iconclass 46C1316 saddling and bridling Iconclass 46C131611 head-stall Iconclass 46C131612 bit Iconclass 46C131613 reins Iconclass 46C131614 saddle Iconclass 46C131615 stirrup Iconclass 46C14 animal traction, animal-drawn vehicle (carriage etc.) Iconclass 46C141 hitching up, harnessing ~ animal traction Iconclass 46C1411 harness Iconclass 46C142 two-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle Iconclass 47I2271 stall, stable Iconclass 54DD311 Waiting, Watching Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 137) |
| 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. 312-313 (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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