With this painting, Dillens won first prize in the genre painting competition of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, 1832; Salon of Ghent, 1832, nos. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 or 32. He exhibited anonymously. The Salon catalogue of 1832 mentions: Leçon de morale sur une fleur (Un aimable veillard, assis dans un fauteuil, tient une fleur à la main, sur laquelle il paraît faire une leçon de morale à deux jeunes demoiselles, qui se trouvent devant lui, et qui sourient doucement, sans faire grande attention à la leçon du moraliste. Le lieu est un appartement ou un jardin, au choix de l’Artiste).
Artist |
Henri Dillens
RKD
VIAF
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Title | The Moral Lesson |
Date | ca. 1832 |
Period | 19th century |
Collection | paintings AAT |
Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
Inventory number | S-227 |
Acquisition credit |
contest
Dillens, Henri Ghent 1832 |
Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-227 |
IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6886/manifest.json |
Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300139140
genre pictures
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT |
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Keywords Iconclass |
25G
plants; vegetation
Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 41A6 garden Iconclass 41A723 bench Iconclass 41D221(HAT) head-gear: hat Iconclass 48C24 piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Iconclass 57AA Good and Bad Behaviour, Moral Qualities (opposing concepts) Iconclass |
School / Style | Romantic (modern European styles) AAT |
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. II, p. 134-135 (ill.)) |
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