{"product_id":"tableau-portrait-dun-couple-galant-ecole-du-18eme","title":"Portrait painting of a gallant couple, 18th-century school","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"0\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eAntique oil painting on canvas dating from the 18th century.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"1\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eThis painting depicts a couple, each holding a glass of wine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"2\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eThe man pours wine into the woman's glass. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"3\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eThe woman holds a small white dog in her arms.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"4\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eBoth characters look at us.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"5\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eBehind this couple, there is an outdoor landscape, a tree.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"6\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eAn oval frame has been painted on the painting.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"7\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eWine, in small doses, is often an ally of seduction, love, if not eroticism. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"8\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eDon't we speak of the intoxication of love and the intoxication of the senses?\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"9\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eDutch painters were the first to illustrate the role of wine in seduction in the 16th century. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"10\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eWorks celebrating the five senses (a theme dear to the classics) do not escape this novelty, neither with Jan Breughel the Elder's \"The Sense of Taste\", with a more intellectual approach, nor with Simon de Vos's \"Allegory of the Five Senses\". \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"11\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eIn the latter painting, the five senses are represented by the evocation of a joyful company, and if taste is represented by wine bottles, sight is by lovers casting a bewildered glance.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"12\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eThe dog is traditionally a symbol of fidelity; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"13\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003ein painting, it is depicted in a hunting scene or accompanied by a woman. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"14\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eIn the latter case, it can be linked to marital fidelity.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"15\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eIn the mid-17th century in the United Provinces, the intimacy of the home where the woman goes about her daily occupations became a new type of painting among the variety that already existed in this region with its developed artistic trade. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-index=\"16\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-serverapp-c78=\"\"\u003eThe pet began to attract attention at this time and in France at the end of the 18th century, the philosopher Rousseau recognized their sensitive nature.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe small dog was very present in 17th-century Dutch genre scenes. This small breed of dog, also known today as kookerhondje, was the ideal companion for an increasingly wealthy population, and when genre painting appeared, it joined pictorial compositions. Artists emphasized the intimate bond between the dog and its masters, but also between the painted scene and the animal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition :\u003cbr\u003eThe canvas shows defects, a small lack of paint, the canvas frame is visible on the left side, a small dent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDate : 18th century school\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimension : \u003cbr\u003ewith frame: 36 cm x 46 cm (14.2 in x 18.11 in)\u003cbr\u003ewithout frame: 28.5 cm x 39.5 cm (11 in x 15.5 in)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Repaire des antiquites","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42268840165514,"sku":"531","price":1126.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/6080\/8842\/products\/IMG_3497.jpg?v=1663126793","url":"https:\/\/lerepairedesantiquites.com\/en-us\/products\/tableau-portrait-dun-couple-galant-ecole-du-18eme","provider":"Le Repaire des antiquites","version":"1.0","type":"link"}