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PHILIPPE-JACQUES VAN BRÉE ANVERS, 1786 - 1871, SAINT-JOSSE-TEN-NOODE
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PHILIPPE-JACQUES VAN BRÉE ANTWERP, 1786 - 1871, SAINT-JOSSE-TEN-NOODE
Evening
Oil on canvas
117.5 x 145 cm - 46 1/4 x 57 1/16 in.
The Evening, canvas
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Belgium.
EXHIBITION
Probably Salon de 1833, Brussels, no. 351 as "Jeune napolitain donnant une sérénade".
As if time had passed, as if the curtain on the previous scene had closed, Van Brée transports us to another place, another time, and at the same time expresses his interest in troubadour taste. It's not certain that this was intentional, but it's amusing to think that we find some of the same girls, a few years older.
years older. Childhood is over, and the atmosphere is now more licentious.
Against the backdrop of the setting sun, an assembly has gathered in the garden of a villa in the Roman countryside. A man dressed in modenaeo-Medieval style appears to be in the midst of conquering his all-female audience, whose eyes are focused solely on him. A mutual exchange of glances is visible between the declaimer and one of his red-clad companions.
while one man's greyhound looks at the other's, whom she caresses with a gesture that is not devoid of sensuality. And this is undoubtedly the tone of the composition: the libertine, the immoral, the mutinous float through the air, providing a perfect counterpoint to the previous depiction. The presence of the guitar, the basket of flowers and the costumes worn for the occasion
for the occasion are all echoes of each other.
Like many of his colleagues, Philippe-Jacques Van Brée confirms his admiration for Italy, its history, its artistic production and even what it has become, seeing in it the remnants of the golden centuries that preceded it. Between Italian and contemporary influences, the painter expresses both a homage to his illustrious predecessors, his
and his own style, deeply imbued with neoclassical teachings.
Evening
Oil on canvas
117.5 x 145 cm - 46 1/4 x 57 1/16 in.
The Evening, canvas
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Belgium.
EXHIBITION
Probably Salon de 1833, Brussels, no. 351 as "Jeune napolitain donnant une sérénade".
As if time had passed, as if the curtain on the previous scene had closed, Van Brée transports us to another place, another time, and at the same time expresses his interest in troubadour taste. It's not certain that this was intentional, but it's amusing to think that we find some of the same girls, a few years older.
years older. Childhood is over, and the atmosphere is now more licentious.
Against the backdrop of the setting sun, an assembly has gathered in the garden of a villa in the Roman countryside. A man dressed in modenaeo-Medieval style appears to be in the midst of conquering his all-female audience, whose eyes are focused solely on him. A mutual exchange of glances is visible between the declaimer and one of his red-clad companions.
while one man's greyhound looks at the other's, whom she caresses with a gesture that is not devoid of sensuality. And this is undoubtedly the tone of the composition: the libertine, the immoral, the mutinous float through the air, providing a perfect counterpoint to the previous depiction. The presence of the guitar, the basket of flowers and the costumes worn for the occasion
for the occasion are all echoes of each other.
Like many of his colleagues, Philippe-Jacques Van Brée confirms his admiration for Italy, its history, its artistic production and even what it has become, seeing in it the remnants of the golden centuries that preceded it. Between Italian and contemporary influences, the painter expresses both a homage to his illustrious predecessors, his
and his own style, deeply imbued with neoclassical teachings.