Charles De Groux preferred to portray the laborious life of farmers and blue-collar workers. His socially-inspired realism often has a religious slant, as is the case in Prayer before Dinner and Viaticum (The last rites). De Groux painted several versions of both works. The melancholy and the expression of De Groux’s empathy with repressed individuals in society greatly impressed Vincent van Gogh. The Dutch painter based his Potato Eaters of 1885 on De Groux’s Prayer before Dinner.
| Artist |
Charles De Groux
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| Title | Viaticum |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom left |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1929-B |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1929 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1929-B |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/1165/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT 300263554 animal paintings AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11P3121
priest (Roman Catholic)
Iconclass
11Q73274 last communion, administering of the Holy Viaticum Iconclass 25F animals Iconclass 25F2 mammals Iconclass 26C3 storm Iconclass 26C31 storm on land Iconclass 26F2 bad weather Iconclass 41D221(HAT) head-gear: hat Iconclass 41D221(TOP HAT) head-gear: top hat Iconclass 46C11 road, path Iconclass 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass 46C13141 horse Iconclass 46C1318 horse in motion 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. 75) |
| 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. 175 (ill.)) |
| Charles De Groux (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
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