In The Beautiful Anthia Joseph Paelinck depicts an episode in an ancient Greek tale. During a parade in the temple of Artemis in Ephesus the proud warrior Abrocomeus met the beautiful Anthia. Eros, the god of love, was vexed by Abrocomeus’s indifference and contrived to make him fall passionately in love with the young woman. They married, but Eros’s revenge continued to persecute them. They were kidnapped by pirates, sold as slaves, separated from one another but eventually their love and fidelity helped them overcome their trials and tribulations. The story lends itself perfectly to propagating the nineteenth-century bourgeois moral values. The painting depicts the parade with Anthia in the centre and Abrocomeus to the right in his red coat. The theme, the balanced composition and the careful rendition contribute to making this painting an excellent example of the Classic ideal of Paelinck and other followers of Jacques-Louis David.
| Artist |
Joseph Paelinck
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| Title | The Beautiful Anthia Leading her Companions to the Temple of Diana in Ephesus |
| Date | ca. 1820 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1820-C |
| Acquisition credit |
contest
Paelinck, Joseph Ghent 1820 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1820-C |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/53/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300417629
mythologies (religious concept)
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300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
12E61
temple, shrine ~ Greek religion
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25G41 flowers Iconclass 25G4111 garland, wreath Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 43C421 shooting with bow and arrow, archery (~ games of skill) Iconclass 45C11(SPEAR) casting weapons: spear Iconclass 45C15(ARROW) archer's weapons: arrow Iconclass 45C15(BOW) archer's weapons: bow Iconclass 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture Iconclass 48C1631 Doric order ~ architecture Iconclass 56F1 Desire; 'Desiderio' (Ripa) Iconclass 56F13 (Feeling of) Attraction Iconclass 56F2 (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) Iconclass 61F(TEMPLE OF EPHESUS) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (TEMPLE OF EPHESUS) Iconclass 8 Literature Iconclass 82A(ABROCOMEUS) male literary characters (ABROCOMEUS) Iconclass 82AA(ANTHIA) female literary characters (ANTHIA) Iconclass 9 Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass 92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass 92D1 (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros) Iconclass 98B(XENOPHON) (story of) Xenophon Iconclass |
| School / Style | Neoclassical AAT |
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| 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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