Ah ! Si le bonheur n’est que la santé de l’âme, after Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Two Musicians)

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pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper
183 x 115 mm
Inv. 1951-S-26

Josse Sébastien Van den Abeele

Ghent 1797 - Ghent 1855
draftsmen (artists)

print room figures (representations) landscapes male sex; man adult man 19th century

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The passage is from the travel story Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce (1788) by the French writer, clergyman, archaeologist and numismatist Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716-1795).

Artist	Josse Sébastien Van den Abeele RKD VIAF Wikidata Ghent 1797 - Ghent 1855 draftsmen (artists)AAT
Title	Ah ! Si le bonheur n’est que la santé de l’âme, after Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Two Musicians)
Period	19th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings	inscription below: Ah ! Si le bonheur n’est que la santé de l’âme, ne doit on / pas le trouver dans les lieux où règne une juste proportion / entre les besoins et les désirs, où le mouvement est / toujours suivi du repos, et l’intérêt toujours ac- / -compagné du calme. / Barthélemy. “Voyage d’Anacharsis”
Collection	print room
Object type	pencil drawings AAT
Inventory number	1951-S-26
Acquisition credit	bequest Wante, H. 1951
Current whereabouts	Work currently not on display
Permalink	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1951-S-26
IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2282/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass	25G3 trees Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 48C524 drawing, sketch Iconclass 48C7321 lyre, cithara, psaltery Iconclass 48C73513 transverse flute Iconclass 48C75 making music; musician with instrument Iconclass
School / Style	Neoclassical AAT

Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Tekeningen, pastels en aquarellen; Inventaris / Moniek Nagels. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1988 (p. 53)

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