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The Moral Lesson, ca. 1832

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 62.2 x 49.2 cm
  • Inv. S-227

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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
Ghent 1812 - Ixelles 1872
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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
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6886/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300139140 genre pictures AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
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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