Louis_Gallait_-_Power_of_Music_-_Walters_37134.jpg
Summary
Louis Gallait
: Power of Music
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| Title |
Power of Music
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| Description |
English:
A letter written by the artist to William Walters dated July 20, 1860 illuminates the subject of this painting. It shows a brother and sister resting before an old tomb. The brother is attempting to comfort his sibling by playing the violin, and she has fallen into a deep sleep, "oblivious of all grief, mental and physical."
This composition exists in at least one other version, now preserved at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. A closely related reduced replica was given to the Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique by a descendant of the artist. The melancholic subject's popularity is attested by its reproduction on a porcelain plaque manufactured by the Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin.
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| Date | circa 1852 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on wood (mahogany) panel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 57.2 cm (22.5 in); width: 43.3 cm (17 in) ; Framed height: 77.1 cm (30.3 in); width: 64.7 cm (25.5 in); depth: 7.6 cm (3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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37.134
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| Place of creation | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit line | Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | [Signature] Lower left: Louis Gallait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | masterstyle.gumroad.com/l/rktne ← Link to super resolution image ⚠️🔥 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum
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