Jacques Fouquier, a painter from Antwerp, moved to Paris in 1621. His landscapes in particular were very successful. To give one example, Louis XIII commissioned him to paint a series of landscapes with views of various French cities. Panoramic View of Avignon is dominated by a monumental tree in the foreground. On the right we see a tavern and several well-dressed people. The bright red of the country woman’s dress contrasts with the blue-green panoramic landscape in the background in which the city of Avignon is illuminated. The artist manages to combine an anecdotal scene with a poetic dream landscape. The tondo shape is unique in Fouquier’s oeuvre.
| Artist |
Jacques Fouquier
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| Title | Panoramic View of Avignon |
| Period | 17th century |
| Location | Avignon TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) centre below: J FOCQVIER |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1945-I |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1945 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1945-I |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/1612/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015636
landscapes
AAT
300263554 animal paintings AAT 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
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natural phenomena
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22C light Iconclass 22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 25F animals Iconclass 25F2 mammals Iconclass 25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H12 dale, valley Iconclass 25H15 forest, wood Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 46A14 farmers Iconclass 46A222 rural life Iconclass 46AA14 farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife Iconclass 46C13141 horse Iconclass 47I2112 cow Iconclass 61D(FRANCE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (FRANCE) Iconclass 61D(RHÔNE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (RHÔNE) Iconclass 61E(AVIGNON) names of cities and villages (AVIGNON) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Le Paysage flamand au XVIIième siècle / Yvonne Thiéry. - Bruxelles : [s.n.] : 1953 (p. 48, 178) |
| Flemish Painters : Historical Survey (1430-1830) ; Dictionary ; Bibliographies ; Volume One - Two / Reginald Howard Wilenski. - London : Faber and Faber Limited, 1960 (dl. 1, p. 556) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent = Museum of Fine Arts Ghent / Claudie De Guillebon, Jacques Ostier, Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Parijs : Association des Amis de "Musées 2000", 1989 (p. 64 (ill. 128)) |
| 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. 88-89 (ill.)) |
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