While the Delft painter Hendrik van Vliet was primarily concerned with the monumentality of his imaginary architecture, a narrative aspect was also important. A woman sits with a child on her lap. This young woman – a widow (?) – forms an interesting contrast with the open grave in the foreground. In the play of light and shadow, and in the depiction of the tomb, there lies a reference to the transience of life as described in the book of Job: ‘Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.’
| Artist |
Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet
RKD
Wikidata
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| Title | Interior of a Church |
| Date | ca. 1655 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Location | Delft TGN |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | S-60 |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-60 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6355/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11P2
the Christian Churches
Iconclass
11P25 Protestant Churches and denominations Iconclass 11Q713 interior of church Iconclass 11Q7131 parts of church interior Iconclass 11Q71311 church-window, e.g. rose-window Iconclass 11Q722 the congregation Iconclass 11Q7221 people in church, walking, talking, etc. Iconclass 22C light Iconclass 22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 41B311 chandelier, candelabrum Iconclass 42E3 grave, tomb and other grave-forms and grave-markers Iconclass 42E23 burial Iconclass 42E38 signs, symbols and motifs in funerary art Iconclass 42F32(BROOM) (household) utensils and implements (BROOM) Iconclass 47G532 tiles, bricks ~ building material Iconclass 47I15(SPADE) agricultural implements: spade Iconclass 48C145 architectural settings in paintings, sculptures, etc. Iconclass 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture Iconclass 48C162 arch, archivolt ~ architecture Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Note des tableaux dessins et estampes déposés dans la ci-devant école de l'abbaye de Baudeloo. Ceux marqués d'un K sont conformes à la note du 10 ventôse an V, trouvés au quartier de l'abbé de Saint-Pierre / Charles Piot. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (nr. 87) |
| Notice et description des tableaux et statues exposés au Muséum du Département de l'Escaut situé à Gand dans l'église de la ci-devant Abbaye St. Pierre + Plusieurs statues antiques et bustes, moulées en plâtre sur les originaux qui sont au Musée de Paris / Pierre François Antoine de Goesin-Verhaeghe. - A Gand : De l'Imprimerie de P.F. de Goesin-Verhaeghe, 1802 (nr. 113) |
| Notice des tableaux du musée de la ville de Gand, situé au local de l'académie royale de dessin, sculpture, architecture, etc. - Gand : D.J. Vanderhaeghen-Hulin, 1846 (nr. 66) |
| Catalogue du musée de peinture de la ville de Gand, 1900 / Louis Maeterlinck. - Gand : Imprimerie Victor Van Doosselaere, 1900 (p. 82) |
| Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 137) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Robert Hoozee. - Brussel : Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1988 (p. 64) |
| 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. I, p. 162-163 (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 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Ghent : The Collection (exhibition opened on March 21th 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2021 |
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