An Old Woman and a Young Man by Candlelight (Allegory of… | MSK Gent
Ga naar inhoud (Enter)

An Old Woman and a Young Man by Candlelight (Allegory of the Precariousness of Beauty)

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 62 x 51.1 cm
  • Inv. 1902-F

Public Domain

Download PDF

Artist

Anonymous Master
painters (artists)AAT

Title An Old Woman and a Young Man by Candlelight (Allegory of the Precariousness of Beauty)
Period 18th century
19th century
Location Northern Netherlands
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1902-F
Acquisition credit bequest
Surmont (coll.)
Antwerp
1902
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1902-F
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/331/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 22C light Iconclass
22C2 artificial light Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass
31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass
31D17 old woman Iconclass
41B31 candle Iconclass
51D4 Beauty; 'Bellezza' (Ripa) Iconclass
52BB41 Uncertainty Iconclass
School / Style Baroque AAT
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. 73-74)
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. 190-191 (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
Do you have any suggestions, questions or information about this work?
Write us, collectie.msk@stad.gent