Charles De Groux preferred to portray the laborious life of farmers and blue-collar workers. His socially-inspired realism often has a religious slant, as is the case in Prayer before Dinner and Viaticum (The last rites). De Groux painted several versions of both works. The melancholy and the expression of De Groux’s empathy with repressed individuals in society greatly impressed Vincent van Gogh. The Dutch painter based his Potato Eaters of 1885 on De Groux’s Prayer before Dinner.
| Artist |
Charles De Groux
RKD
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|---|---|
| Title | Saying Grace |
| Date | ca. 1861 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) top left: Ch. De Groux |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1921-D |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1921 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1921-D |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/875/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300139140 genre pictures AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D42
devotion ~ Christ
Iconclass
11Q2 (private) prayer; 'Oratione', 'Preghiere', 'Preghiere a Dio' (Ripa) Iconclass 11Q2111 prayer at table, saying grace Iconclass 11V87 praying for the living and the dead ~ one of the (seven) spiritual Acts of Mercy Iconclass 25D13(TIN) minerals and metals: tin Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A2321 leaning forward Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A2522 hands folded Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31B6211 looking upwards Iconclass 31B6212 looking downwards Iconclass 31B6213 looking sideways Iconclass 31B6217 eyes closed Iconclass 31D112 child 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 31D130 Maidenhood Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A723 bench Iconclass 41A771 container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin, etc. Iconclass 41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass 41C3 laid table: table-ware, table-decoration, etc. Iconclass 41C31 table-ware Iconclass 41C312 fork Iconclass 41C313 spoon Iconclass 41C32 drinking-vessels Iconclass 41C323 glass, rummer Iconclass 41C341 dish, plate, saucer Iconclass 41C43 evening meal, dinner, supper Iconclass 41D221(HEADSCARF) head-gear (HEADSCARF) Iconclass 42 family, descendance Iconclass 42A3 mother and baby or young child Iconclass 42B7 family life Iconclass 42G family, relationship, descent Iconclass 42G211 parents (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2111 father (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2112 mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2121 son (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2122 daughter (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G221 grandparents (second degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2221 brothers (second degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2222 sisters (second degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G223 grandchildren (second degree family relationships) Iconclass 55BB1 Poverty; 'Poverta', 'Poverta del doni', 'Poverta in uno ch'habbia bell'ingegno' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
social realism
AAT
realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 75 (ill.)) |
| Dans les yeux de Van Gogh : L'empreinte des artistes belges sur Vincent van Gogh (exposition Namur, musée Félicien Rops, 23.10.2021 - 20.03.2022) / Bart G. Moens, Véronique Carpiaux, Noémie Goldman, Laura Prins, Fleur Roos Rosa De Carvalho. - Milano : SilvanaEditoriale, 2021 (p. 90-91) |
| onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (p. 138, cat. 130 (ill.)) |
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