Pieter Jan van Reijsschoot was the first painter in an artist family that was to dominate artistic activities in Ghent for more than five decades. He spent the majority of his life in England, which resulted in his nickname ‘the Englishman’. He preferred to paint historic scenes and portraits of lower provincial English nobility. The Meet (the meeting prior to the hunt) and The Kill (the killing of the stag) are among his best works. They are so-called sporting conversation pieces. This genre, which was originally created by Antwerp painter Peter Tillemans, was extremely popular in England during the eighteenth century. Van Reijsschoot painted The Meet and The Kill for Sir John Frederick of Southwick Park in Hampshire. They show the lord and his party during a hunt at Hascombe Estate in Surrey.
| Artist |
Petrus Johannes van Reysschoot
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| Title | The Kill |
| Date | 1743 |
| Period | 18th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom right on a stone: P. VAN REYSCHOOT / PINXIT 1743 ~ |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1974-F |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Panton, Robert C. Windleyham (Sussex) 1974 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1974-F |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3047/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015636
landscapes
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300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300263554 animal paintings AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F
animals
Iconclass
25F2 mammals Iconclass 25F24(DEER) hoofed animals: deer Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H212 brook Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 43C11 hunting, chase Iconclass 43C1113 bird hunting Iconclass 43C114 hunter Iconclass 43C1146 group-portrait of hunters Iconclass 43C1147 hunting dogs Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass 46C13141 horse Iconclass 46C1318 horse in motion Iconclass 48C7352 horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba Iconclass |
| School / Style | Rococo AAT |
| Gent in de 18de eeuw : De schilders van Reijsschoot / Marie Fredericq-Lilar. - Ruiselede : Lamandart, 1992 (p. 35-41) |
| Gand au XVIIIe siècle : Les peintres van Reijsschoot / Marie Fredericq-Lilar. - Ruiselede : Lamandart, 1992 |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 271 (ill. 55)) |
| 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. 40-143 (ill.)) |
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