With this painting, Engel won the first prize in the landscape painting competition (Paysage arcadien ou romantique section) of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, 1832; Salon of Ghent, 1832, nos. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 or 40. He exhibited anonymously.
| Artist |
Adolphe Charles Maximilien Engel
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| Title | Arcadian Landscape with the Feast of Flora |
| Date | ca. 1832 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | S-228 |
| Acquisition credit |
contest
Engel, Adolphe Charles Maximilien Ghent 1832 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on loan |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-228 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6887/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300417629
mythologies (religious concept)
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
12E61
temple, shrine ~ Greek religion
Iconclass
22C light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 24F firmament, sky Iconclass 25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H15 forest, wood Iconclass 35 pastorals, Arcadian scenes Iconclass 43A festivities Iconclass 92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass 96A23 (story of) Flora 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. 148-149 (ill.)) |
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