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Source Description
Ribot was a naturalist painter who specialized in domestic genre scenes and religious works. In this small painting, a butcher boy tempts a cat with a slice of meat. This work typifies the kitchen scenes that Ribot began to produce in the late 1850s. He often painted at night by candlelight, a fact that might have contributed to the limited range of colors and dramatic contrasts of light and shadow in his works. Like so many of his colleagues at this time, Ribot was influenced by Dutch, Spanish, and French 17th-century paintings in the Louvre Museum.
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Document identity
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7775
label
The Young Cook
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obj
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drawing
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2
Source metadata
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7775
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drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Young Cook
description
Ribot was a naturalist painter who specialized in domestic genre scenes and religious works. In this small painting, a butcher boy tempts a cat with a slice of meat. This work typifies the kitchen scenes that Ribot began to produce in the late 1850s. He often painted at night by candlelight, a fact that might have contributed to the limited range of colors and dramatic contrasts of light and shadow in his works. Like so many of his colleagues at this time, Ribot was influenced by Dutch, Spanish, and French 17th-century paintings in the Louvre Museum.
provenance
P. A. Cheramy Sale, Paris, May 6-7, 1908, no. 231; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1908, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1855-1870
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
35
height
27.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 13 3/4 x W: 10 13/16 in. (35 x 27.5 cm); Frame H: 22 1/16 x W: 19 5/16 in. (56 x 49 cm); Stretcher H: 13 3/4 x W: 10 5/8 in. (34.93 x 26.99 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left: t. Ribot
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oil on canvas
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6478
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EAN
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none
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1
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photo
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2
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photo
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