Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder is known mainly for his scenes of ordinary people, often with a satirical undertone. The professions were frequently the target of comment in seventeenth-century Dutch genre painting. The quackery of doctors and dentists was particularly sharply criticised. In their turn, settings such as this Tavern Scene denounce the excessive consumption of alcohol. In the early 1680s Van Heemskerck moved to London. His satirical paintings often led him into conflict with the English king, Charles II. Stylistically, his work is hard to distinguish from that of his son, Egbert Jaspersz. van Heemskerck.
| Artist |
Egbert I van Heemskerck
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| Title | Rural Tavern |
| Date | ca. 1670 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | monogram bottom left: HK |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1905-F |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1905 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1905-F |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/412/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300139140 genre pictures AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A235
sitting figure
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31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass 41A774 container of glass: bottle, jar, vase Iconclass 41C323 glass, rummer Iconclass 41C71 alcoholic drinks Iconclass 41D221(CAP) head-gear: cap Iconclass 43B31 inn, coffee-house, public house, etc. 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. 69) |
| 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. 100-101 (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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