Charity was an important part of social life. It did not only help the recipient, but also assuaged the soul of the giver. The painting shows a portly man behind a table. To his right, a woman manages the money. A group of people wait at the entrance to the high hall: mostly poor, but neatly dressed, women. The less fortunate were also expected to lead a decent life. If they did not, they risked loosing their alms, which was often the only thing that stood between poverty and total destitution. The dog in the foreground does not belong to the poor: whoever could feed a pet, had money.
| Artist |
Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot
RKD
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| Title | The Distribution to the Poor |
| Date | ca. 1654 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and indistinct year on the table top: J. Dr[ooch]Sl[oot] 165[4 ?] |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1914-IA |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Scribe, Fernand Ghent 1913 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-IA |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/752/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
34B11
dog
Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A2 interior of the house Iconclass 41A222 drawing-room, 'salon' Iconclass 41A4 decorations (interior of the house) Iconclass 41A43(TILED FLOOR) floor-covering (TILED FLOOR) Iconclass 41A44 (decorated) ceiling Iconclass 41D2 clothes, costume Iconclass 41D221(HAT) head-gear: hat Iconclass 41D2332 shoes, sandals Iconclass 41D267 purse, money-bag Iconclass 46A14 farmers Iconclass 46A15 the poor Iconclass 46A17 working class, labourers Iconclass 46A2 social contrast Iconclass 46A3211 alms-house (Dutch: 'hofje') Iconclass 46A33 charitable works Iconclass 46AA14 farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife Iconclass 46B311 coin Iconclass 46B3111(+0) trade token, private coin (+ variant) Iconclass 46B321 book-keeping, accountant Iconclass 48C5142 picture within picture 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. 48-49) |
| 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. 83 (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 |
| De vrienden rond het museum : Het Gentse kunstnetwerk in relatie tot de collectieuitbreiding van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (1870-1914) / Julie Landuyt. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 191) |
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