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Eros, 1820

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 142.2 x 113 cm
  • Inv. 1959-J
Joseph Paelinck
Oostakker (Ghent) 1781 - Brussels 1839
painters (artists)
paintings mythologies (religious concept) (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros) boy (child between toddler and youth) 19th century

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Joseph Paelinck painted Eros with the innocent smile of a shy boy, who poses for the painting with bow, quiver and wings. Bow and arrow are the typical attributes of the god of love. A shoulder strap decorated with butterflies, a symbol of frivolity and unsteady love, hides his sex. A classical landscape serves as the backdrop. Eros, in a graceful, seemingly unsuspecting pose, has neither the divine aura of the antique pictures nor the frank sensuality that we find in 18th century representations.

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Joseph Paelinck RKD VIAF Wikidata
Oostakker (Ghent) 1781 - Brussels 1839
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Title Eros
Date 1820
Period 19th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signature and year centre, on the arrow shaft: J. PAELINCK / 1820.
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1959-J
Acquisition credit gift
Amaury de Kerckhove d'Exaerde (coll.)
Ghent
1959
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1959-J
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2644/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300417629 mythologies (religious concept) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass
25G31 shrubs Iconclass
25H11 mountains Iconclass
25H15 forest, wood Iconclass
25H153 bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass
31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass
92D1 (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros) Iconclass
92D18(ARROW) attributes of Cupid: arrow(s) Iconclass
92D18(BOW) attributes of Cupid: bow Iconclass
School / Style Neoclassical AAT
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. 252-253 (ill.))
Canova - Thorvaldsen : La nascita della scultura moderna (mostra Milano, Gallerie d'Italia-Piazza Scala, 25.10.2019 - 15.03.2020) / Stefano Grandesso, Fernando Mazzocca, Sergej Androsov, Stig Miss, Margrethe Floryan. - Milano : Edizioni Gallerie d'Italia, 2019 ; Milano : Skira, 2019 (p. 246-247, 371, nr. XI.8)
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