Couple in love
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| Couple in love |
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| Cornelis Pietersz. Bega , 1658-1660 |
| Oil on canvas |
| 32.8 x 28.7 cm |
| Academy of Fine Arts Vienna |
Couple in Love is an oil painting by Cornelis Pietersz. Bega from the years 1658–1660. The picture, 32.8 centimeters high and 28.7 centimeters wide, shows a scene in a pub. The painting can be seen in the gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna .
Image description
In the center of the picture a couple is sitting on a wooden bench in a taproom. In the background there are two other people with their backs to the viewer. A staircase leads to a higher room. Due to the lighter color scheme, the couple stands out from the environment. The peasant and plump looking older man has put his left arm around the woman's shoulder and is holding her chest with his right hand. The faces of the two have rough features and look like a cartoon . The motif of the lustful older man in the inn was not unusual in the 17th century and Bega took up several times.
The creation of the picture coincides with the time when Cornelis Pietersz. Bega gave up his loose brushstroke in favor of a smoother painting style. Since the couple in love still have a relaxed style of painting, it is usually dated to the period 1658 to 1660.
Provenance
The painting Couple in Love was in the Friedrich G. Gsell Collection in Vienna until 1872 . The picture was auctioned on March 14, 1872 and ended up in the Joseph von Lippmann-Lissingen collection , which was first in Vienna and then in Prague . It passed into the possession of Eugenie von Lippmann-Lissingen and then in 1935 into that of her son. In 1957, the couple in love was donated to the painting gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
literature
- Jeroen Giltaij: The magic of the everyday. Dutch painting from Adriaen Brouwer to Johannes Vermeer . Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit 2005. ISBN 3-7757-1522-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jeroen Giltaij: The magic of the everyday. Dutch painting from Adriaen Brouwer to Johannes Vermeer . Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit 2005. Page 242.