With this painting, Eeckhout won first prize in the genre painting competition of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, 1823; Salon van Gent, 1823, nos. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20. He exhibited anonymously in the Concours pour le Tableau de Genre, with the theme Echec et mat. The Salon catalogue of 1823 mentions: L’Echec et mat (Une jeune personne, jouant aux échecs avec un jeune homme, lui porte un échec et mat. Elle jouit avec modestie de son triomphe tandis que la grand’mère, moins réservée, semble sourire avec malice au dépit que le vaincu ne sait dissimuler.)
| Artist |
Jacques Joseph Eeckhout
RKD
VIAF
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| Title | The Game of Chess |
| Date | ca. 1823 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | S-212 |
| Acquisition credit |
transfer
Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Ghent 1952 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-212 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6882/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300139140
genre pictures
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25G11
groups of trees
Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A511 mirror Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 31D16 old man Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 41A2 interior of the house Iconclass 41A3311 open window Iconclass 41A411 wall-paper Iconclass 41A431 rugs (textiles) Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass 41A7212 armchair, seat Iconclass 41B311 chandelier, candelabrum Iconclass 43C5 games of calculation and chance, e.g.: card games, gambling, puzzles, etc. Iconclass 43C521 chess Iconclass 43C5211 chessmen Iconclass 48C5142 picture within picture Iconclass |
| School / Style | Romantic (modern European styles) AAT |
| Catalogue descriptif du Musée de la ville de Gand : précédé d'une notice historique / Adolphe Pierre Sunaert. - Gand : E. Vanderhaeghen, 1870 (p. 150-151, nr. 212) |
| 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. 147 (ill.)) |
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