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Source Description
In a Flemish village interior an elderly couple is seated back-to-back, scowling. A pert maidservant, obviously amused by their recent spat, is about to pour them some wine. An overturned chair and broken pots and pans are evidence to the feud that has transpired. In the foreground, the couple's dog laps milk spilled on the floor. This picture is characteristic of the stage-like interior scenes painted by de Braekeleer in the 1840s and 1850s. The elderly protagonists are identical to the figures that appear in many of his works such as "The Count of Mid-Lent in the Children's School," (1839) Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, Brussels, inv. 1186, and "The See-Saw," (1852), (illustrated in "Art News," Feb. 15-28, 1945, p. 37).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
12962
label
The Quarrel
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
12962
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Quarrel
description
In a Flemish village interior an elderly couple is seated back-to-back, scowling. A pert maidservant, obviously amused by their recent spat, is about to pour them some wine. An overturned chair and broken pots and pans are evidence to the feud that has transpired. In the foreground, the couple's dog laps milk spilled on the floor. This picture is characteristic of the stage-like interior scenes painted by de Braekeleer in the 1840s and 1850s. The elderly protagonists are identical to the figures that appear in many of his works such as "The Count of Mid-Lent in the Children's School," (1839) Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, Brussels, inv. 1186, and "The See-Saw," (1852), (illustrated in "Art News," Feb. 15-28, 1945, p. 37).
provenance
Mrs. Margaret McCauley Turk [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1959, by gift.
date
1850
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
35.8
height
30
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 1/8 x W: 11 13/16 in. (35.8 x 30 cm); Framed H: 20 x W: 17 1/2 x D: 2 1/4 in. (50.8 x 44.5 x 5.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left: Ferdinand De Braekeleer ft / Antwerpen 1850
med
oil on panel (mahogany)
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4465
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2674
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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ca8c6711e88db322