An Old Woman and a Young Man by Candlelight (Allegory of the Precariousness of Beauty)

Public Domain

Artist / maker

Anonieme meester (painters (artists))

Periods

18th century , 19th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent

More about this work

Features
Artist / maker Anonieme meester
Type oil paintings (visual works)
Category paintings (visual works) AAT
Materials
olieverf op doek
oil paint , canvas
Dimensions 62 x 51.1 cm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 1902-F
Description
Subjects symbolism (artistic concept) , allegory (artistic device)
Tags female sex; woman Iconclass , old woman Iconclass , male sex; man Iconclass , youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass , candle Iconclass , light Iconclass , artificial light Iconclass , Beauty; 'Bellezza' (Ripa) Iconclass , Uncertainty Iconclass , Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1902-F
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/331/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai/?metadataPrefix=oai_lido&verb=GetRecord&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:1902-F

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