DUTCH AND BELGIAN PAINTINGS
JOSEPH PAELINCK* (Belgian, 1781-1839)
Details
JOSEPH PAELINCK* (Belgian, 1781-1839)
The Dance of the Muses
signed and dated J. PAELINCK./1832--oil on canvas
122¾ x 116¾in. (311.7 x 296.5cm.)
The Dance of the Muses
signed and dated J. PAELINCK./1832--oil on canvas
122¾ x 116¾in. (311.7 x 296.5cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned by Senator Heyndricx in 1830 for his castle in
Destelbergen, near Ghent
Thence by descent
Destelbergen, near Ghent
Thence by descent
Literature
D. Vervenne, Joseph Paelinck (1781-1839), Leven en Wek in Ghendtsche Tydinghen, 1985, XIV, 5, p. 266
The Dance of the Muses was commissioned by Baron Hendryx for his castle in Ghent. The models are the Baron's daughters and her friends, however, portrait depictions were most likely not the artist's intentions as the faces are reminiscent of female models in earlier works by Paelinck, and appear somewhat generalized. There are three other works in the series from this commission: Allegory of Beauty, The Judgment of Midas and Apollo with the Muses Erato, Terpsichore and Euterpe.
The Dance of the Muses was commissioned by Baron Hendryx for his castle in Ghent. The models are the Baron's daughters and her friends, however, portrait depictions were most likely not the artist's intentions as the faces are reminiscent of female models in earlier works by Paelinck, and appear somewhat generalized. There are three other works in the series from this commission: Allegory of Beauty, The Judgment of Midas and Apollo with the Muses Erato, Terpsichore and Euterpe.
Exhibited
Ghent, Salon of 1832