Adriaen van de Venne specialized in literary subjects. His monochrome paintings were known as grisailles, or ‘grauwtjes’. He clarified the moralistic theme of this painting by inscribing the title in a scroll. ‘Quaet-slagh’ refers to fighting off a robber, or a person of dubious merit. The left-hand side is dominated by the exuberant joy of the dancing duo. To the right, everyone comes to blows. Each one of the sinister, wild characters has a creepy, mask-like countenance. For their contemporary audience, such folk scenes were undoubtedly a reference to human vices.
| Artist |
Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne
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| Title | Dicing, Drabbing and Drinking Bring Man to Destruction |
| Date | ca. 1640 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: AD: v: Venne [“AD” connected] |
| inscription bottom left on a banderole: Quaet-slagh. | |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1907-D |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1907 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1907-D |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/448/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300139140 genre pictures AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F3
birds
Iconclass
26A clouds Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 33B9 flight, running away; pursuing Iconclass 41D263 walking-stick, staff, cane Iconclass 44G37 public punishment (death not intended or involved) Iconclass 46A1 social stratification, social groups Iconclass 46A151 beggar Iconclass 59BB(+6) Social Position (opposing concepts) (+ situation or event (especially in genre-painting) with symbolical connotation) Iconclass 86 proverbs, sayings, 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. 135) |
| Een middelburgse Breughel-groep VII Adriaen Pietersz. Van de Venne, schilder een teyckenaer / Laurens Johannes Bol. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (jg. 63, nr. 1, p. 141) |
| Adriaen Pieterz. Van de Venne (1589-1662) : Grisailles met spreukbanden / Annelies Plokker. - Leuven : Acco, 1984 (jg. 6, p. 199) |
| Schilderijen : Echt, vals, fraude ; Moderne onderzoekingsmethoden van de schilderijen-expertise / Roger Hendrik Marijnissen. - Brussel : Elsevier, 1985 (p. 95) |
| 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. 160-161 (ill.)) |
| De kunst van het lachen : Humor in de Gouden Eeuw (tentoonstelling Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum, 11.11.2017 - 18.03.2018) / Anna Tummers, Elmer Kolfin, Jasper Hillegers, Angela Jager, Noël Schiller, Eric Jan Sluijter, Mariët Westermann. - Haarlem : Frans Hals Museum, 2017 ; Zwolle : Waanders Uitgevers, 2017 (p. 144-145) |
| 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 |
| De omgekeerde wereld van Adriaen van de Venne (tentoonstelling Middelburg, Zeeuws Museum, 30.09.2023-21.04.2024) / Rudy Jos Beerens, Yvonne Bleyerveld, Edwin Buijsen. - Zwolle : Waanders, 2023 (p.66) |
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