Ferdinand De Braekeleer I, the father of Henri de Braekeleer, initially painted historical works in a neoclassical style before focusing on humorous genre scenes. In The Bat from 1860, he is amused by the fear and excitement experienced by a peasant family who are hunting down a bat. Until the twentieth century people held the superstitious belief that bats were evil vampires who attacked women at night and drank the blood of sleeping children. De Braekeleer pokes fun at this dogged belief. The composition is based on strict academic rules and is very similar to other examples of seventeenth and eighteenth-century genre painting.
| Artist |
Ferdinand I de Braekeleer
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| Title | The Bat |
| Date | 1860 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | Signature, location and year bottom left: Ferdinand De Braekeleer / Antwerpen 1860 |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1860-B |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
salon Ghent 1860 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1860-B |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/173/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300139140 genre pictures AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11Q7521
Holy Water font
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22C9 darkness Iconclass 23R13 evening Iconclass 24B6 moonlight Iconclass 25D13(COPPER) minerals and metals: copper Iconclass 25F28(BAT) flying mammals: bat Iconclass 25G4(REED) plants and herbs: reed Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A242 head turned sideways Iconclass 31A2421 head turned to the left Iconclass 31A2422 head turned to the right Iconclass 31A2731 falling Iconclass 31A27481 turning something, (causing) circular movement Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA236 lying figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA242 head turned sideways - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA2421 head turned to the left - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA27481 turning something, (causing) circular movement - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31B6211 looking upwards Iconclass 31B6213 looking sideways Iconclass 31B6214 weeping Iconclass 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 31D16 old man Iconclass 31D17 old woman Iconclass 32A8 passions, emotions, affections Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 41A2 interior of the house Iconclass 41A3211 open door Iconclass 41A3311 open window Iconclass 41A34 staircase Iconclass 41A4 decorations (interior of the house) Iconclass 41A421(+0) curtains (+ variant) Iconclass 41A44 (decorated) ceiling Iconclass 41A6711 flowers in a vase Iconclass 41A7 furniture and household effects Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A7111 tripod Iconclass 41A721(+4) chair (+ wood and other phytogenic material) Iconclass 41A761 bed Iconclass 41A771 container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin, etc. Iconclass 41A772 container of stone: stone vase Iconclass 41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass 41A774 container of glass: bottle, jar, vase Iconclass 41A775 wooden container: barrel, cask Iconclass 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass 41D221(CAP) head-gear: cap Iconclass 41D23322 slippers Iconclass 42F32(BROOM) (household) utensils and implements (BROOM) Iconclass 42F32(CEILING MOP) (household) utensils and implements (CEILING MOP) Iconclass 56D1 Hope; 'Speranza', 'Speranza delle fatiche' (Ripa) Iconclass 56DD1 Fear, Dread; 'Paura', 'Timidita o Timore', 'Timore' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Romantic (modern European styles) AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 32) |
| 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. 81 (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 |
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