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Elegant Company in a Garden

A Musical Painting full of Sixteenth-Century Wisdom
ID 465562
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Author : Timothy De Paepe
Annotation
Description <p><strong>Phoebus Focus IX</strong></p><p>Enjoying the good things in life is precisely what the group of friends are doing in <em>Elegant Company in a Garden</em>, a late-sixteenth-century painting from the circle of the Antwerp artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600). The Phoebus Foundation acquired this unusual and intriguing work in 2016. Difficult to pigeonhole, it exudes a joyful and carefree atmosphere. The painting is a feast of colour with the suggestion of sounds (music, birdsong) and movement (the dancers). Yet all is not what it seems. If you look carefully, you can spot a grotesque, naked and malevolent woman lurking in the greenery. Has she come to disrupt this idyllic scene?</p>
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642 Monografieën (kunst) NUR
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Publisher Hannibal Books
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Language eng
Page count 104
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Publication date first 2022-03-01
Publication date latest 2022-03-01
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  • ISBN: 9789464366402 (BC)

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